Improved coupling efficiency using Δn-controlled polymer waveguides with two-dimensional spot-size transformation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 404-406

  Inaba, Ryoji ^a   Kato, Miwa ^a   Akahoshi, Haruo ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

POLYMERIC WAVEGUIDES; SPOT-SIZE TRANSFORMATION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0033708480     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.839033     Document Type: Article

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