Proposal for diminishment of the polarization-dependency in a Si-Nanowire multimode interference (MMI) coupler by tapering the MMI section

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 599-601

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

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Multimode interference (MMI); Nanowire; Polarization; Si; Taper

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENCY; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; POWER SPLITTING RATIO;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 41849085231     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918902     Document Type: Article

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