Light confinement in low contrast slot waveguide structures investigated

2008 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, ICMMT

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 878-881

  Iqbal, Muddassir ^a,b   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

FDTD; Quasi TE; Slot waveguides; SOI (silicon on insulator)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GLASS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

FDTD; LOW INDEX; QUASI-TE; SLOT WAVEGUIDES; SOI (SILICON ON INSULATOR);

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 51149100167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMMT.2008.4540544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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