Novel ultra-short and ultra-broadband polarization beam splitter based on a bent directional coupler

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18614-18620

  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 BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRISMS; WAVEGUIDES;

BENT COUPLING; BROAD BANDS; COUPLING REGION; EVANESCENT COUPLING; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; GAP WIDTHS; PHASE MISMATCH; PHASE-MATCHING CONDITION; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR; TM POLARIZATION; ULTRA-BROADBAND;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 80052751653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018614     Document Type: Article

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