Fabrication and measurement of a photonic crystal waveguide integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 768-777

  Cao, T ^a   Ho, Y L D ^a   Heard, P J ^a   Barry, L P ^b   Kelly, A E ^c   Cryan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; ION BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

FOCUSED ION BEAM ETCHING; HOLE DEPTH; LAYER STRUCTURES; MEASURED RESULTS; OPTICAL POWER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 65249176299     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000768     Document Type: Article

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