Silicon-on-insulator spectral filters fabricated with CMOS technology

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-44

  Bogaerts, Wim ^a   Selvaraja, Shankar Kumar ^a   Dumon, Pieter ^a   Brouckaert, Joost ^a   De Vos, Katrien ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Echelle grating; Nanophotonics; Photonic wire; Planar concave grating (PCG); Ring resonator; Silicon photonics; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

CONCAVE GRATING; ECHELLE GRATING; ECHELLE GRATINGS; PHOTONIC WIRES; RING RESONATOR; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMULTIPLEXING; MICROSENSORS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PASSIVE FILTERS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; WIRE;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 76949107074     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2039680     Document Type: Article

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