Design of silicon-based slot waveguide configurations for optimum nonlinear performance

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1298-1305

  Sanchis, Pablo ^a   Blasco, Javier ^a   Martínez, Alejandro ^a   Martí, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nonlinear performance; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon photonics; Slot waveguide

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIELD CONFINEMENT; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICON PHOTONICS; SLOT WAVEGUIDE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34248545545     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893909     Document Type: Article

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