Design and optimization of an achromatic photonic crystal bend

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1378-1384

  Smajic, Jasmin ^a   Hafner, Christian ^a   Erni, Daniel ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

ACHROMATIC WAVEGUIDE BEND; LOW POWER REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 1142304025     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001378     Document Type: Article

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