Coupled-mode theory and propagation losses in photonic crystal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1490-1496

  Olivier, S ^f   Benisty, H ^f   Weisbuch, C ^a,b   Smith, C J M ^c   Krauss, T F ^d   Houdre R ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FEEDBACK; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS;

BRAGG REFLECTION; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0242652042     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001490     Document Type: Article

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