Efficient silicon-on-insulator polarization rotator based on mode evolution

CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wirth, Justin C ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Niu, Ben ^a   Xuan, Yi ^a   Fan, Li ^a   Varghese, Leo T ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Qi, Minghao ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZATION ROTATOR;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84880558153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2012.jw4a.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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