CMOS-compatible polarization splitting grating couplers with a backside metal mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1395-1397

  Zaoui, Wissem Sfar ^a   Kunze, Andreas ^a   Vogel, Wolfgang ^a   Berroth, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grating coupler; metal mirror; photonic integrated circuits; polarization splitter; silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

GRATING COUPLERS; METAL MIRROR; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR;

MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84880567016     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2266132     Document Type: Article

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