Observation of leaky slab modes in an air-bridged semiconductor waveguide with a two-dimensional photonic lattice

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1438-1440

  Kanskar, M ^a   Paddon, P ^a   Pacradouni, V ^a   Morin, R ^a   Busch, A ^a   Young, Jeff F ^a   Johnson, S R ^a   MacKenzie, Jim ^a   Tiedje, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FABRICATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AIR BRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; SELECTIVE WET ETCHING TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031098045     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118570     Document Type: Article

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