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Title: Low-loss bloch wave guiding in open structures and highly compact efficient waveguide-crossing arrays

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176424

Low-loss waveguide structures may comprise a multimode waveguide supporting a periodic light intensity pattern, and attachments disposed at the waveguide adjacent low-intensity regions of the light intensity pattern.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
7,903,909
Application Number:
12/288,716
OSTI ID:
1176424
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Oct 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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  • Nichol, Anthony J.; Arora, William J.; Barbastathis, George
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, Vol. 24, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2375084
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