Theoretical investigation of ultrasmall polarization-insensitive 1 × 2 multimode interference waveguides based on sandwiched structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1246-1248

  Fujisawa, T ^a   Koshiba, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method (FEM); Multimode interference (MMI) waveguide; Si wire waveguide; Slot waveguide

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE WAVEGUIDES; SILICON-WIRE WAVEGUIDE; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; ULTRASMALL OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33744494573     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.875058     Document Type: Article

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