Controlling the polarization dependence of dual-channel directional couplers formed by silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 6979-6985

  Ma, Yao Feng ^a   Sung, Ming Je ^a   Huang, Ding Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

EXTINCTION RATIOS; FABRICATION ERRORS; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; SILICON-ON- INSULATORS (SOI); WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650642257     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006979     Document Type: Article

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