Efficient design and optimization of photonic crystal waveguides and couplers: The interface diffraction method

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7304-7318

  Green, Alexander A ^a   Istrate, Emanuel ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SCATTERING;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES; SUPERCELL SIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 25144506241     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007304     Document Type: Article

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