Tapered photonic crystal microcavities embedded in photonic wire waveguides with large resonance quality-factor and high transmission

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-8

  Md Zain, Ahmad Rifqi ^a   Gnan, Marco ^a   Chong, Harold M H ^a   Sorel, Marc ^a   De La Rue, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microcavities; Photonic crystal (PhC); Photonic wires (PhWs); Quality factor (Q factor); Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

CAVITY RESONANCE FREQUENCY; PHOTONIC WIRES; QUALITY-FACTOR;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 37149042251     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.910621     Document Type: Article

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