Simple model for polarization sensitivity of silica waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2116-2118

  Heise, G ^a   Narevich, Romanas ^b  

^a OpTun GmbH   (Germany)

^b OpTun Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical phase shifters; Optical polarization; Planar waveguides; Waveguide junctions

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHASE SHIFTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

MACH-ZHENDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZIS); OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTERS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT (PLC); PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL); VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS (VOAS);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 26844529384     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.854342     Document Type: Article

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