Slanted-rib waveguide InGaAsP-InP polarization converters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1352-1357

  El Refaei, Hatem ^a   Yevick, David ^b   Jones, Trevor ^c  

^a University of Waterloo ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Bookham Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MASKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTORESISTS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

POLARIZATION CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR EPITAXIAL LAYER; SEMICONDUCTOR RIB WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 2942741162     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.825349     Document Type: Article

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