Design and simulation of photonic crystal based polarization converter

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5483-5491

  Bayat, Khadijeh ^a   Chaudhuri, Sujeet K ^a   Safavi Naeini, Saffiedin ^a   Baroughi, Mahdi Farrokh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fabrication; PC slab waveguide; Photonic crystal (PC); Polarization converter; Polarization rotator; Silicon on insulator (SOI); Terahertz

Indexed keywords

PC SLAB WAVEGUIDE; POLARIZATION CONVERTER; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR (SOI); TERAHERTZ;

BIREFRINGENCE; DESIGN; FABRICATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ROTATION; WAVEGUIDES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 70350497573     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2029246     Document Type: Article

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