On-chip optical interconnects with compact and low-loss light distribution in silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 460-464

  Cassan, Eric ^a   Laval, Suzanne ^a   Lardenois, Sébastien ^a   Koster, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

On chip clock distribution; Optical interconnects; Rib waveguides; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; ETCHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LOW LOSS LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ON CHIP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; ULTRASMALL RIB WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0242493118     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.814185     Document Type: Article

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