Self-imaging phenomena in multi-mode photonic crystal line-defect waveguides: Application to wavelength de-multiplexing

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 5625-5633

  Kim, Hyun Jun ^a   Park, Insu ^a   Beom Hoan, O ^a   Park, Se Geun ^a   Lee, El Hang ^a   Lee, Seung Gol ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DEMULTIPLEXING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONVENTIONAL MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PHC); SELF-IMAGING CONDITIONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 10444245900     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005625     Document Type: Article

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