An ultracompact optical mode order converter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2281-2283

  Huang, Yingyan ^a   Xu, Guoyang ^a   Ho, Seng Tiong ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Mach Zehnder interferometer; Mode converter

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD); FIRST-ORDER; MODE CONVERTER; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SUBMICRON WAVEGUIDE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 72849106880     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884886     Document Type: Article

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