Tilted MMI crossings based on silicon wire waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2545-2552

  Kim, Sang Hun ^a   Cong, Guangwei ^a   Kawashima, Hitoshi ^a   Hasama, Toshifumi ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

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

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EID: 84893981524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002545     Document Type: Article

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