Study of high efficiency grating couplers for silicon-based horizontal slot waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 985-987

  Galan, J V ^a   Sanchis, P ^a   Blasco, J ^a   Marti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Couplers; Dielectric waveguides; Gratings; Integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MAGNETIC POLARITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

HORIZONTAL SLOT WAVEGUIDES; SILICON PHOTONICS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 44849122915     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.923546     Document Type: Article

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