Photonic-crystal demultiplexer with improved crosstalk by second-order cavity filtering

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1201-1208

  Benisty, Henri ^a   Cambournac, Cyril ^a   Van Laere, Frederik ^b   Van Thourhout, Dries ^c  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ArcelorMittal Gent   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demultiplexer; Mini stopband; Photonic crystal; Silicon on insulator (SoI); Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COUPLED-MODE THEORY; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; DEMULTIPLEXERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GRATING COUPLERS; INP; MINI-STOPBAND; PARALLEL WAVEGUIDES; SECOND ORDERS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI); SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; STOP-BANDS; STOPBAND;

CROSSTALK; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROSENSORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 77950606268     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2043057     Document Type: Article

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