Polarization-independent vertical coupler for photonics integration

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Chin, Mee Koy ^a   Lee, Chee Wei ^a   Shen, Jinyuan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

INTEGRATED OPTIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS INTEGRATION; VERTICAL COUPLERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 2942706048     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000117     Document Type: Article

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