Broadband topology-optimized photonic crystal components for both TE and TM polarizations

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8606-8611

  Tetu A ^a   Kristensen, M ^a   Frandsen, L H ^b   HarpOth A ^b   Borel, P I ^b   Jensen, J S ^b   Sigmund, O ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL COMPONENTS; TE-POLARIZED LIGHT; TM POLARIZATION; Y-SPLITTERS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 26844536317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008606     Document Type: Article

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