Wavelength-Division Demultiplexing Using Photonic Crystal Waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 226-228

  Kristensen, Martin ^a,c   Frandsen, Lars Hagedorn ^a   Hede, Kristian Knak ^a   Harpøth, Anders ^a   Borel, Peter Ingo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Photonic bandgap (PBG); photonic crystal (PhC) waveguide; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008045247     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.860001     Document Type: Article

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