Single mode, polarization-independent submicron silicon waveguides based on geometrical adjustments

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11061-11072

  Lim, Soon Thor ^a   Png, Ching Eng ^a   Ong, Eng Ann ^a   Ang, Yong Long ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SILICON;

WAVEGUIDE DIMENSIONS; WAVEGUIDE PARAMETERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34548420678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011061     Document Type: Article

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