Nonuniform photonic crystal taper for high-efficiency mode coupling

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7748-7759

  Khoo, E H ^a   Liu, A Q ^a   Wu, J H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVEGUIDES;

CONVEX TAPERS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL TAPER;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 30144441183     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007748     Document Type: Article

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