Photonic skin-depth engineering

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1346-1353

  Jahani, Saman ^a   Jacob, Zubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LIGHT; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIGURES OF MERITS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SUB-DIFFRACTION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84943251486     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.32.001346     Document Type: Article

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