Stress-induced SOI polarization splitter based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (MZI)

IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 249-251

  Ye, Winnie N ^a,b   Xu, Dan Xia ^b   Janz, Siegfried ^b   Waldron, Philip ^b   Tarr, N Garry ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONICS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

FILTERING FUNCTIONS; MACHZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZI); PASSIVE DEVICES; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION SPLITTINGS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR PLATFORMS; STRESS INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; STRESS-INDUCED;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 78649747796     PISSN: 19492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/group4.2006.1708229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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