Micro-lightwave circuits based on photonic crystal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4870, Issue , 2002, Pages 357-367

  Yamada, Hirohito ^a   Tokushima, Masatoshi ^a   Shirane, Masayuki ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channel drop filter; Directional coupler; Lightwave circuit; Optical switch; Optical waveguide; Photonic crystal; Photonic network

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MICRO-LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0036422213     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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