Focusing polarization diversity grating couplers in silicon-on-insulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 612-618

  Van Laere, Frederik ^a   Bogaerts, Wim ^a   Dumon, Pieter ^a   Roelkens, Günther ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ailicon on insulator; Focusing grating; Integrated optics; Polarization diversity

Indexed keywords

AILICON-ON-INSULATOR; COUPLING STRUCTURES; FOCUSING GRATING COUPLERS; FOCUSING PROPERTIES; GRATING COUPLERS; LENGTH REDUCTIONS; NANOPHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCES; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; SILICON ON INSULATORS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROSENSORS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION;

FOCUSING;

EID: 65649146858     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2004946     Document Type: Article

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