Topology-optimized slow-light couplers for ring-shaped photonic crystal waveguide

2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pu, Minhao ^a   Yang, Lirong ^a   Frandsen, Lars H ^b   Jensen, Jakob S ^a   Sigmund, Ole ^a   Ou, Haiyan ^a   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Hvam, Jørn M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE;

ENGINEERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SLOW LIGHT; TOPOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77953943182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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