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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1176424
Patent Number(s):
7903909
Application Number:
12/288,716
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Oct 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Popovic, Milos. Low-loss bloch wave guiding in open structures and highly compact efficient waveguide-crossing arrays. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Popovic, Milos. Low-loss bloch wave guiding in open structures and highly compact efficient waveguide-crossing arrays. United States.
Popovic, Milos. Tue . "Low-loss bloch wave guiding in open structures and highly compact efficient waveguide-crossing arrays". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176424.
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