Elimination of cross-talk in silicon-on-insulator waveguide crossings with optimized angle

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Xie, Yiyuan ^a   Xu, Jiang ^b   Zhang, Jianguo ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

integrated photonics; passive circuits; siliconon insulator technology; waveguide crossings

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; CROSSING ANGLES; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; LOW LOSS; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE; TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR; TRANSMISSION LOSS; WAVEGUIDE CROSSINGS;

CROSSTALK; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 81755178957     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3593153     Document Type: Article

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