Dual grating-assisted directional coupling between fibers and thin semiconductor waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1395-1397

  Masanovic, Goran Z ^a   Passaro, Vittorio M N ^b   Reed, Graham T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gratings; Integrated optics; Optical couplers; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

DUAL GRATING-ASSISTED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; THIN SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0141918531     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818216     Document Type: Article

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