Compact and low loss silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide 90° bend

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6020-6028

  Qian, Yusheng ^a   Kim, Seunghyun ^a   Song, Jiguo ^a   Nordin, Gregory P ^a   Jiang, Jianhua ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 85010088433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006020     Document Type: Article

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