Analysis of CMOS compatible Cu-based TM-pass optical polarizer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 724-726

  Ng, Tien Khee ^a   Khan, Mohammed Zahed Mustafa ^a   Al Jabr, Ahmad ^a   Ooi, Boon S ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor compatible; integrated photonics; numerical method; optical polarizer; silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBLE; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES; CU-BASED; FILTER CHARACTERISTICS; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW INSERTION LOSS; LOW POWER; METAL INSULATOR METALS; OPTICAL POLARIZERS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON-BASED; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBMICROMETERS; TRANSMISSIVITY; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MOS DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONICS;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 84859792562     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2187329     Document Type: Article

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