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Multimode interference effect and self-imaging principle in two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal waveguides for
Optics Express
|June 12, 2009
Abstract:
Applicability of multimode interference effect and self-imaging principle for terahertz waves in two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal waveguides are investigated by modeling and computation. The results show that the multimode interference effect and the self-imaging principle are applicable for terahertz waves. As an example, a splitter and a filter for terahertz waves have been proposed, calculated and analyzed by finite-difference time-domain method based on the multimode interference effect and the self-imaging principle.
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