Mode analysis and design of a low-loss photonic crystal 60° waveguide bend

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2215-2218

  Ren, Gang ^a   Zheng, Wanhua ^a   Zhang, Yejin ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Du, Xiaoyu ^a   Xing, Mingxin ^a   Chen, Lianghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Photonic crystal; Waveguide bend

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

BANDWIDTH; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; WAVEGUIDE BEND;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 51449094751     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922301     Document Type: Article

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