A novel proposal for DWDM demultiplexer design using modified-T photonic crystal structure

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Rostami, A ^a   Nazari, F ^a   Banaei, H Alipour ^a   Bahrami, A ^a  

^a School of Engineering Emerging Technologies   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Defect; Modified T; Photonic crystal; Quality factor; Resonant cavity; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SPACINGS; COMPACT STRUCTURES; DEMULTIPLEXERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; MEAN VALUES; OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION; PC-BASED; QUALITY FACTOR; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONANT CAVITY; SPECIFIC MATERIALS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CROSSTALK; DEFECTS; DEMULTIPLEXING; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77949490920     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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