Mode control in planar waveguide grating couplers with double surface corrugation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1722-1725

  Xiao, Zhe ^a   Liow, Tsung Yang ^b   Zhang, Jing ^c   Silalahi, Samson T H ^a,d   Shum, Ping ^a,d   Luan, Feng ^a,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c Agency for Science   (Singapore)

^d RESEARCH TECHNO PLAZA   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coupler; Grating; Integrated photonics; Planar waveguide

Indexed keywords

COUPLER; DOUBLE-CHANNEL; GRATING; GRATING COUPLERS; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; MODE CONTROL; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; SURFACE CORRUGATIONS; TE AND TM MODES; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; WAVEGUIDE GRATING COUPLER;

PHOTONICS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84866523724     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2213300     Document Type: Article

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