Inverse design and implementation of a wavelength demultiplexing grating coupler

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Piggott, Alexander Y ^a   Lu, Jesse ^a   Babinec, Thomas M ^a   Lagoudakis, Konstantinos G ^a   Petykiewicz, Jan ^a   Vučković, Jelena ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929217010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07210     Document Type: Article

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