Design of optical strip-loaded waveguides with zero modal birefringence

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1240-1248

  Wong, Wa Peng ^a   Chiang, Kin Seng ^a  

^a Hongkong Telecom ^*

Author keywords

Birefringence; Dielectric waveguides; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Rib waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DESIGN;

SPECTRAL INDEX METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032124120     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.701402     Document Type: Article

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