Efficient and compact TE-TM polarization converter built on silicon-on-insulator platform with a simple fabrication process

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1059-1061

  Liu, Liu ^a,b   Ding, Yunhong ^a,c   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Hvam, Jørn M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFECT; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; ETCHING STEP; FABRICATION PROCESS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION CONVERTERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR; TOTAL LENGTH; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOPHOTONICS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 79956072012     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.001059     Document Type: Article

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