Ultra-compact photonic crystal waveguide spatial mode converter and its connection to the optical diode effect

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 28388-28397

  Liu, Victor ^a   Miller, David A B ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EVEN MODE; GENERAL THEORY; ODD MODE; OPTICAL DIODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SPATIAL MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84872021391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.028388     Document Type: Article

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