Analysis of photonic crystal power splitters with different configurations

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1416-1425

  Ghaffari, A ^a   Monlfi, F ^a   Djavid, M ^a   Abrishamian, M S ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EFFICIENCY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INTERSECTIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; COUPLE MODE THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; LATTICE CONFIGURATION; OPTICAL POWER SPLITTERS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THROUGHPUT EFFICIENCY; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 42149101325     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1416.1425     Document Type: Article

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