Design of polarization beam splitter based on coupled rods in a square-lattice photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2043-2047

  Sesay, Maurice ^a,b   Jin, Xin ^a   Ouyang, Zhengbiao ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS; SPATIAL SEPARATION;

INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84883015227     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002043     Document Type: Article

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