Polymeric optical spot-size transformer with vertical and lateral tapers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1188-1197

  Bakke, Thor ^a,b,c   Sullivan, Charles T ^a,b   Mukherjee, Sayan D ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (Norway)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coupled local mode theory; Polymeric waveguides; Spot size transformer

Indexed keywords

COUPLED LOCAL MODE THEORY; LATERAL TAPERS; POLYMERIC OPTICAL SPOT SIZE TRANSFORMER; VERTICAL TAPERS;

INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0036630448     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800373     Document Type: Article

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