High-index-contrast waveguides and devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3077-3086

  Chin, Mee Koy ^a   Lee, Chee Wei ^a   Lee, Shuh Ying ^a   Darmawan, Stevanus ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

COMPACT DEVICES; DEVICE INTEGRATION; HIGH-INDEX-CONTRAST WAVEGUIDES; SUBWAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 20444502864     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003077     Document Type: Article

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