Reduction of propagation loss to 0.1 dB/mm: Flat-core channel waveguides consisting of periodic structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1068-1070

  Ohkubo, H ^a   Ohtera, Y ^a   Miura, K ^b   Akutsu, N ^a   Hikage, M ^c   Kawakami, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI CABLE LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autocloning; Optical waveguide; Optical wiring; Photonic crystal (PhC); Propagation loss

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

AUTOCLONING METHOD; CHROMATIC DISPERSION EQUALIZERS; FLAT CORE CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WIRING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DISPERSION; PROPAGATION LOSS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 1942468641     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824628     Document Type: Article

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