Systematic design of slow-light photonic waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2374-2382

  Matzen, René ^a   Jensen, Jakob S ^a   Sigmund, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SLOW LIGHT; WAVEGUIDES;

FILTERING TECHNIQUE; GROUP INDEX; MANUFACTURABILITY; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; PENALTY LOSS; PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES; SLOW-LIGHT DEVICES; SUPER CELL; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS; WAVEGUIDE DESIGN;

GROUP DELAY;

EID: 80053490738     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002374     Document Type: Article

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