Diamond waveguides fabricated by reactive ion etching

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19512-19519

  Hiscocks, Mark P ^a   Ganesan, Kumaravelu ^b   Gibson, Brant C ^b   Huntington, Shane T ^b   Ladouceur, François ^a   Prawer, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; ION BEAMS; IONS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

EVANESCENT COUPLERS; FOCUSED ION BEAM TECHNIQUE; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; INTEGRATED OPTIC DEVICES; OPTICAL CHIPS; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND; Y-JUNCTIONS;

REACTIVE ION ETCHING;

EID: 56749185801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019512     Document Type: Article

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