Validation of the building-block-based approach for the design of photonic integrated circuits

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3610-3616

  Melati, Daniele ^a   Morichetti, Francesco ^a   Canciamilla, Antonio ^a   Roncelli, Davide ^b   Soares, Francisco M ^c   Bakker, Arjen ^d   Melloni, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Filarete Foundation   (Italy)

^c FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d PhoeniX BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building block (BB); circuit simulation; generic foundry; photonics integration; scattering matrix

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPLEX CIRCUITS; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SCATTERING MATRICES; TEST CIRCUIT;

BUILDINGS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; FOUNDRIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870921793     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2223658     Document Type: Article

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