High phase retardation by waveguiding in slanted photonic nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-246

  Ventola, Kalle ^a   Tervo, Jani ^a   Laakkonen, Pasi ^b   Kuittinen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Technopolis Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

HALF-WAVE; MASS PRODUCTION; PHASE RETARDATION; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; SHALLOW STRUCTURE; SLANTED GRATINGS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC; WAVE-GUIDING;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 78651375828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000241     Document Type: Article

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