High efficiency broadband polarization converter based on tapered slot waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 879-881

  Fei, Yonghao ^a   Zhang, Libin ^a   Cao, Tongtong ^a   Cao, Yanmei ^a   Chen, Shaowu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Optical interconnects; photonic integrated circuits; polarization converter; slot waveguide

Indexed keywords

ETCHING PROCESS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION CONVERTERS; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; TAPERED SLOTS; TOTAL LENGTH; VERTICAL-SLOT;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84876783780     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2254706     Document Type: Article

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