Si photonic wire waveguide devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1371-1378

  Yamada, Hirohito ^a,b,c   Chu, Tao ^a,c   Ishida, Satomi ^d,e   Arakawa, Yasuhiko ^a,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Lightwave circuit; Optical add drop multiplexer (OADM); Optical directional coupler; Optical interconnection; Optical switch; Optical waveguide; Si wire thermo optic effects; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXERS (OADM); OPTICAL COUPLING; OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; PHOTONIC WIRE WAVEGUIDES; SILICON ON INSULATOR (SOI); THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS;

BANDWIDTH; DEMULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SILICON; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33845647194     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.880611     Document Type: Article

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