Photonic crystal directional couplers formed by InAlGaAs nano-rods

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-43

  Chen, Chii Chang ^a   Chen, Chih Yu ^a   Wang, Wen Kai ^a   Huang, Fan Hsiu ^a   Lin, Cheng Kuo ^a   Chiu, Wei Yu ^a   Chan, Yi Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES; NANORODS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 13544263494     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000038     Document Type: Article

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