Higher order mode conversion via focused ion beam milled Bragg gratings in silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5274-5284

  Ta'eed, V G ^a,b   Moss, D J ^a   Eggleton, B J ^a   Freeman, D ^c   Madden, S ^c   Samoc, M ^c   Luther Davies, B ^c   Janz, S ^d   Xu, D X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HIGHER ORDER MODES (HOM); INDEX WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRA;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 9144272421     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005274     Document Type: Article

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