Nanoscale mode selector in silicon waveguide for on chip nanofocusing applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3381-3386

  Desiatov, Boris ^a   Goykhman, Llya ^a   Levy, Uriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISYMMETRIC MODE; BAND GAPS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BUILDING BLOCKES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; MODE SELECTOR; NANO SCALE; NANO-FOCUSING; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ON CHIPS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; STRONG COUPLING; VECTOR DISTRIBUTION; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 72849152293     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl901110b     Document Type: Article

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