Two-dimensional symmetric multimode interferences in silicon square waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 801-803

  Chen, Hui ^a   Tong, Dennis T K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Multimode interference (MMI); Optical power splitters

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); OPTICAL POWER SPLITTERS; SILICON WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 17644400503     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.843257     Document Type: Article

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