Single-trench waveguide TE-TM mode converter

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11267-11273

  Kim, Sang Hun ^a   Takei, Ryohei ^a   Shoji, Yuya ^a   Mizumoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(130.3120) Integrated optical devices; (220.0220) optical design and fabrication

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEGUIDES;

ETCHING PROCESS; FABRICATED DEVICE; INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION; TRENCH STRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDE WIDTHS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

FABRICATION;

EID: 67650517723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011267     Document Type: Article

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