Single layer a-Si GRIN waveguide coupler with lithographically defined facets

2005 IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 129-131

  Janz, S ^a   Lamontagne, B ^a   Delage A ^a   Bogdanov, A ^a   Xu, D X ^a   Yap, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LITHOGRAPHY; SILICON;

OPTICAL FACETS; SINGLE LAYER GRADED INDEX (GRIN); WAVEGUIDE COUPLER;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33746855059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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