Robust and optimum designs of non-linearly tapered slow light couplers

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Krishnamurthy, V ^a   Klein, B ^a   Messer, M ^b   Wang, C ^b   Allen, J K ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupler; Grated waveguide; Optimum design; Photonic crystal waveguide; Robust design; Slow light

Indexed keywords

COUPLER; GRATED WAVEGUIDE; OPTIMUM DESIGN; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; ROBUST DESIGN; SLOW-LIGHT;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RANDOM ERRORS; WAVEGUIDES;

DESIGN;

EID: 70449359975     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/4/045102     Document Type: Article

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