Colorless directional coupler with dispersion engineered sub-wavelength structure

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13470-13477

  Halir, R ^a   Maese Novo, A ^a   Ortega Monux, A ^a   Molina Fernandez I ^a   Wanguemert Perez J G ^a   Cheben, P ^b   Xu, D X ^b   Schmid, J H ^b   Janz, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

3D FDTD SIMULATIONS; DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES; OPERATION BANDWIDTH; PHASE RESPONSE; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84863772168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013470     Document Type: Article

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