Reducing polarization-dependent loss of silicon-on-insulator fiber to chip grating couplers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 389-391

  Halir, Robert ^a   Vermeulen, Diedrik ^b   Roelkens, Günther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grating coupler; Polarization diversity; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

GRATING COUPLERS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; PHOTONIC WIRES; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; SILICON ON INSULATOR; TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING; VERTICAL FIBER;

MICROSENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77649109075     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2039869     Document Type: Article

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