Demonstration of a 3-dB directional coupler with enhanced robustness to gap variations for silicon wire waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2051-2059

  Cong, G W ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Tanizawa, K ^a   Namiki, S ^a   Kawashima, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL FLUCTUATIONS; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES; SILICON WIRES; SPECTRAL STABILITY; WIDE GAP;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84893373590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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