Multichannel add/drop filter based on in-plane hetero photonic crystals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1449-1455

  Song, Bong Shik ^a   Asano, Takashi ^a   Akahane, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshinori ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterointerface; In plane hetero photonic crystal (IP HPC); Lattice constant; Multiple wavelengths; Optical coupling; Photonic crystal (PC); Silicon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HETEROINTERFACE; IN-PLANE HETERO PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (IP-HPC); MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL COUPLING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (PC);

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 18144364348     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.841458     Document Type: Article

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