CMOS compatible silicon-on-insulator polarization rotator based on symmetry breaking of the waveguide cross section

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2031-2034

  Aamer, Mariam ^a   Gutierrez, Ana M ^a   Brimont, Antoine ^a   Vermeulen, Diedrik ^b   Roelkens, Gunther ^b   Fedeli, Jean Marc ^c   Hakansson, Andreas ^d   Sanchis, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MINATEC   (France)

^d DAS Photonics SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; polarization rotator; silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBLE; COMPATIBLE PROCESS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY; GRATING COUPLERS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SILICONON-INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY (SOI); SYMMETRY-BREAKING; WAVEGUIDE CROSS SECTION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED OPTICS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84869402552     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2218593     Document Type: Article

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