Ultrasmall Si-nanowire-based polarization rotator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 747-753

  Wang, Zhechao ^a,b   Dai, Daoxin ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NANOWIRES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; FABRICATION ERRORS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; POST COMPENSATIONS; ULTRA-SMALL; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 56249148778     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000747     Document Type: Article

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