Analysis of waveguide-splitter-junction in high-index silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2931-2940

  Goldring, Damian ^a   Alperovich, Evgeny ^a   Levy, Uriel ^b   Mendlovic, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; REFLECTION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ULTRA-COMPACT WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE SPLITTERS; WAVEGUIDE SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 21244454478     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002931     Document Type: Article

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