Efficient design of integrated wideband polarization splitter/combiner

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1183

  Swillam, Mohamed A ^a   Bakr, Mohamed H ^a   Li, Xun ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Electro optic effect; Modal analysis; Multimode interference; Polarization splitter; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT; ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; POLARIZATION SPLITTER; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS;

DESIGN; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950293069     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2043412     Document Type: Article

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