A minimized SiO2 waveguide with an antiresonant reflecting structure for large-scale optical integrations

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 759-761

  Dai, Daoxin ^a   Hu, Rui ^a   He, Sailing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiresonant reflecting; Bending; Deeply etched; Leakage loss; SiO2

Indexed keywords

ANTIRESONANT REFLECTING; BENDING; DEEPLY ETCHED; LEAKAGE LOSS; SIO2;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

AIR CLADDING; ANTIRESONANT; BENDING RADIUS; INDEX CONTRASTS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; LEAKAGE LOSS; LOW LEAKAGE; OPTICAL INTEGRATION; REFLECTING STRUCTURES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 38949096595     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.895891     Document Type: Article

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