Photonic crystal-based bending waveguides for optical interconnections

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5723-5732

  Zhang, Yao ^a   Li, Baojun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTONS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BENDING WAVEGUIDES; HIGH TRANSMISSIONS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33745144361     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005723     Document Type: Article

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