Design and investigation of semiconductor waveguide structures with grating couplers used as all-optical switches

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-33

  Koynov, K ^a   Paraire, N ^a   Bertrand, F ^a   El Bermil, R ^a   Dansas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FILM GROWTH; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GRATING COUPLERS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0035119646     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/3/1/305     Document Type: Article

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