Ultra-compact and fabrication-tolerant polarization rotator based on a bend asymmetric-slab waveguide

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 990-996

  Cao, Tongtong ^a   Chen, Shaowu ^a   Fei, Yonghao ^a   Zhang, Libin ^a   Xu, Qing Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPACT STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; OPERATION WAVELENGTH; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR PLATFORMS; TE POLARIZATIONS; TM POLARIZATION;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84874485410     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.000990     Document Type: Article

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