Ultra-low crosstalk, CMOS compatible waveguide crossings for densely integrated photonic interconnection networks

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 12002-12013

  Jones, Adam M ^a,b   DeRose, Christopher T ^a   Lentine, Anthony L ^a   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Starbuck, Andrew L ^a   Norwood, Robert A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; PHOTONICS; SILICON NITRIDE;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION; DESIGN SPACES; EXCESS LOSS; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE; SILICON PHOTONICS; WAVEGUIDE CROSSINGS;

WAVEGUIDES;

ARTIFACT; COMPUTER NETWORK; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84878566439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.012002     Document Type: Article

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