Efficient nonadiabatic planar waveguide tapers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2462-2468

  Luyssaert, Bert ^a   Bienstman, Peter ^a   Vandersteegen, Peter ^a   Dumon, Pieter ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compact taper; Nonadiabatic taper; Optical coupler; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

COMPACT TAPER; NONADIABATIC PLANAR WAVEGUIDE TAPER; OPTICAL COUPLER; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR LAYER STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 24744432463     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850795     Document Type: Article

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