Bend loss effects in diffused, buried waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1698-1703

  Carriere, James T A ^a   Frantz, Jesse A ^a   West, Brian R ^a   Honkanen, Seppo ^a   Kostuk, Raymond K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BEND LOSS EFFECTS; BENDING-INDUCED PROPAGATION; BURIED WAVEGUIDES; FREE-SPACE RADIATION MODE;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 15944402106     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001698     Document Type: Article

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