Broad parameter optimization of polarization-diversity 2D grating couplers for silicon photonics

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 21556-21568

  Carroll, Lee ^a   Gerace, Dario ^a   Cristiani, Ilaria ^a   Menezo, Sylvie ^b   Andreani, Lucio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; 3D FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84884584304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.021556     Document Type: Article

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