Experimental demonstration of birefringence compensation using angled star couplers in silica-based arrayed waveguide grating

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2236-2242

  Xia, Xiang ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Lang, Tingting ^b   He, Jian Jun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); birefringence; planar waveguide

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE COMPENSATION; CHANNEL SPACINGS; CIRCLE CONSTRUCTION; CO-DOPED; COMPENSATION PARAMETERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; SILICA-ON-SILICON; STAR COUPLERS; STRESS INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

BIREFRINGENCE; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SILICA;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 84871001809     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2229974     Document Type: Article

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