Periodic structures consisting of germanium nanoparticles in buried channel waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2047-2054

  Nishiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Miyamoto, Isamu ^a   Hirata, Yoshinori ^a   Nishii, Junji ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; GERMANIUM; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCIES; THIN GLASS FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET LASER LIGHT;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 33847700473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002047     Document Type: Article

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