Silicon-on-insulator polarization rotator based on a symmetry breaking silicon overlay

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 482-484

  Vermeulen, Diedrik ^a   Selvaraja, Shankar ^a   Verheyen, Peter ^b   Absil, Philippe ^b   Bogaerts, Wim ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Roelkens, Gunther ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Polarization rotator; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

CMOS FABRICATION; COMPATIBLE PROCESS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; LAYER DEPOSITION; POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAFERS; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OPTICS; PHOTONICS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84857737458     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2181944     Document Type: Article

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