Design of an ultracompact MMI wavelength demultiplexer in slot waveguide structures

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8300-8308

  Xiao, Jinbiao ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Sun, Xiaohan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; INSERTION LOSSES; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

GALERKIN MODE SOLVERS; SLOT WAVEGUIDES; VECTOR BEAM PROPAGATION;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 34250834920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008300     Document Type: Article

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