Novel concept for ultracompact polarization splitter-rotator based on silicon nanowires

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10940-10949

  Dai, Daoxin ^a,b   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; ROTATION; WAVEGUIDES;

ADJACENT WAVEGUIDES; FABRICATION PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGHER ORDER; MODE COUPLING; MULTIMODES; NOVEL CONCEPT; ONE-MASK PROCESS; PHASE MISMATCH; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZED LIGHT; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SINGLE MODE; TAPER STRUCTURE; TE MODE; TOTAL LENGTH;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 79957589133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010940     Document Type: Article

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