Propagation loss of line-defect photonic crystal slab waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1183-1194

  Kuang, Wan ^a,c   Kim, Woo Jun ^b   Mock, Adam ^b   O'Brien, John ^b,c  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Photonic crystals; Propagation loss; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LOSS;

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33845633234     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884785     Document Type: Article

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