Novel phase-tunable three-dimensional hollow waveguides with variable air core

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1240-1242

  Miura, Toru ^a   Koyama, Fumio ^a   Matsutani, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effective refractive index; Hollow waveguide; Microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Tunable device

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNING;

HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE RESONATOR; PHASE TUNABLE HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; VARIABLE AIR CORE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141674862     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.816657     Document Type: Article

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