Mode quasi-degeneracy and beam reflection in the total-internal-reflection optical waveguide switch

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1568-1575

  Yu, Hui ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^a   Zhao, Jiate ^a   Qi, Wei ^a   Wang, Minghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

BOUNDED SPACES; DEGENERATE STATE; FREE SPACES; MODE EXCITATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES; REFLECTION MECHANISM; REFLECTION REGIONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 59949085784     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001568     Document Type: Article

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