Numerical design for efficiently coupling conventional and photonic-crystal waveguides

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-199

  Chietera, G ^a   Bouk, A H ^a   Poletti, F ^a   Poli, F ^a   Selleri, S ^a   Cucinotta, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element time domain; Photonic crystals; Photonic crystal waveguides; Tapered waveguides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TAPERED WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 3042680283     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20250     Document Type: Article

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