Design of SiON-based grating-assisted vertical directional couplers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1055-1063

  Passaro, Vittorio M N ^a   Masanovic, Goran Z ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLARIZATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLED PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; COUPLING LENGTH; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; TM POLARIZATIONS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 32644452549     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001055     Document Type: Article

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