Quantitative analysis of bending efficiency in photonic-crystal waveguide bends at λ = 1.55 μm wavelengths

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 286-288

  Chow, Edmond ^a   Lin, S Y ^a   Wendt, J R ^a   Johnson, S G ^b   Joannopoulos, J D ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141728504     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000286     Document Type: Article

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