Preconditioned superprism-based photonic crystal demultiplexers: Analysis and design

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 8466-8476

  Momeni, Babak ^a   Adibi, All ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT; OPTIMIZATION; PRISMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DEMULTIPLEXERS; SUPERPRISM EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33847060057     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008466     Document Type: Article

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