Photonic-crystal heterostructure waveguides

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-84

  Kurt, Hamza ^a,b   Citrin, David S ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

FDTD; Photonic crystals; Waveguide; Waveguide bends

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WAVEGUIDE BENDS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 33846091911     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.885206     Document Type: Article

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