Ultracompact TM-Pass Silicon Nanophotonic Waveguide Polarizer and Design

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Wang, Qian ^a   Ho, Seng Tiong ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Silicon nanophotonics; waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008043236     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2041650     Document Type: Article

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