Silicon-based 2-D slab photonic crystal TM polarizer at telecommunication wavelength

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 641-643

  Cui, Yonghao ^a   Wu, Qi ^b   Schonbrun, Ethan ^b   Tinker, Mark ^a   Lee, J B ^a   Park, Won ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Photonic crystal; Polarizer; Silicon; Slab; Telecommunication

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH; TRANSVERSE-ELECTRIC POLARIZED LIGHT; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC POLARIZER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 41849102757     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.919508     Document Type: Article

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