Polymer microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1843-1849

  Poon, Joyce K S ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   DeRose, Guy A ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Microresonators; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TUNING;

COUPLED-RESONATOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (CROWS); OPTICAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL WAVES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33645804204     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.870971     Document Type: Article

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