Photonic integration using Asymmetric Twin-Waveguide (ATG) technology: Part I - Concepts and theory

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-29

  Xia, Fengnian ^a   Menon, Vinod M ^a,b   Forrest, Stephen R ^a  

^a Princeton University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic taper coupler; Coupled local mode theory; Integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) p i n receiver; Perturbation theory; Photonic integration

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS;

ADIABATIC TAPER COUPLER; COUPLED LOCAL MODE THEORY; INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA)/P-I-N RECEIVER; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 14544303225     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841466     Document Type: Article

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