Control of optical mode properties in cross-slot waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 6547-6552

  Khanna, Amit ^a   Säynätjoki, Antti ^a   Tervonen, Ari ^a   Honkanen, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GEOMETRY; WAVEGUIDES;

CONFINEMENT FACTOR; CROSS-SLOT WAVEGUIDES; EFFECTIVE INDEX; HIGH CONFINEMENT; LOW BIREFRINGENCE; MATERIAL PARAMETER; TEST STRUCTURE; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 73649144538     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.006547     Document Type: Article

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