Mode matching technique for highly efficient coupling between dielectric waveguides and planar photonic crystal circuits

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 1391-1397

  Sanchis, P ^a   Marti J ^a   Blasco, J ^a   Martinez A ^a   Garcia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; FREQUENCIES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS;

MODE CONVERSION; MODE MATCHING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0041735518     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001391     Document Type: Article

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