Mode converters for coupling to high aspect ratio silicon-on-insulator channel waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 855-857

  Schmid, J H ^a   Lamontagne, B ^a   Cheben, P ^a   Delage A ^a   Janz, Siegfried ^a   Densmore, A ^a   Lapointe, J ^a   Post, E ^a   Waldron, P ^a   Xu, D X ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mode converters; Silicon photonics; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; MODE CONVERTERS; SILICON PHOTONICS;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33847726129     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.897461     Document Type: Article

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