A theoretical investigation of slot waveguide Bragg gratings

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 622-627

  Mu, Jianwei ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Huang, Wei Ping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Confinement factor; Slot waveguides

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT FACTOR; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GRATING DESIGNS; PEAK REFLECTIVITIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REFLECTION SPECTRUM; SLOT WAVEGUIDES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 63849242023     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.921389     Document Type: Article

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