Proposal for an ultracompact polarization-beam splitter based on a photonic-crystal-aassisted multimode interference coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 825-827

  Shi, Yaocheng ^a,b   Dai, Daoxin ^a,b   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JORCEP   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Multimode interference (MMI); Photonic crystal (PC); Planar lightwave circuit; Polarization beam splitter (PBS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLER; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; POLARIZATION-BEAM SPLITTER (PBS);

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 34249319476     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.897297     Document Type: Article

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