A compact integrated polarization splitter/converter in InGaAsP-InP

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1286-1288

  Augustin, L M ^a   Hanfoug, R ^b   van der Tol, J J G M ^a   de Laat, W J M ^c   Smit, M K ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAPPER Lithography BV   (Netherlands)

^c ASML   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indium phosphide; Integrated devices; Polarization converter (PC); Polarization splitter; Wafer stepper

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

POLARIZATION CONVERTER; POLARIZATION SPLITTER;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34548188756     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902277     Document Type: Article

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