Subwavelength waveguide grating for mode conversion and light coupling in integrated optics

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4695-4702

  Cheben, P ^a   Xu, D X ^a   Janz, S ^a   Densmore, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI); SUBWAVELENGTH GRATING (SWG); WAVEGUIDE COUPLING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33744508460     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004695     Document Type: Article

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