Characteristics of photoelastic waveguides in SiGe/Si heterostructures

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-293

  Lea, E ^a   Weiss, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Photoelasticity; Silicon germanium

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTOELASTICITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE MODE PHOTOELASTIC WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031076952     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970206     Document Type: Article

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