Ultrasmall integrated devices based on silicon nanowires for optical communications

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dai, Daoxin ^a   He, Sailing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Coupling; Microring resonator (MRR); Multimode interference (MMI); Nanowire; Polarization; Silicon

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SILICON; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; COUPLINGS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVEGUIDES;

ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG); COUPLING; MICRORING RESONATOR (MRR); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); INTEGRATED DEVICE; MICRORING RESONATOR; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; RECENT PROGRESS; SILICON NANOWIRES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 38949171401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2832772     Document Type: Article

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