Planar photonic crystal structure with inherently single-mode waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2131-2136

  Martinez, Alejandro ^a   Garcia, Jaime ^a   Sanchez, Guillermo ^a   Marti, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0242366196     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.002131     Document Type: Article

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