Highly efficient and broadband light transmission in 90° nanophotonic wire waveguide bends

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-501

  Kurt, H ^a   Giden, I H ^b   Ustun, K ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TRANSPARENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES; WIRE;

2D ANALYSIS; BENDING LOSS; BROADBAND OPERATION; COMPACT SIZE; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CIRCUIT; NARROW WIDTH; OPTICAL CLOCKS; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; POWER-TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WIRE WAVE GUIDES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79952177808     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000495     Document Type: Article

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