Advances in silica-based integrated optics

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2821-2834

  Poulsen, Mogens Rysholt ^a   Borel, Peter Ingo ^a   Fage Pedersen, Jacob ^a   Hübner, Jörg ^a   Kristensen, Martin ^a   Povlsen, Jørn Hedegaard ^a   Rottwitt, Karsten ^a   Svalgaard, Mikael ^a   Svendsen, Winnie ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; Direct UV writing; Microring resonators; Photonic bandgap; Photonic crystal; Planar glass waveguide circuitry; Poling; Silica on silicon

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

DIRECT WAVEGUIDE WRITING; PLANAR GLASS WAVEGUIDE CIRCUITRY; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER; TWO DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC BANDGAP; ULTRAVIOLET LASER BEAM;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0344515658     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1605416     Document Type: Article

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