Ultra-compact and low-loss polarization rotator based on asymmetric hybrid plasmonic waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2081-2084

  Gao, Linfei ^a,b   Huo, Yijie ^b   Harris, James S ^b   Zhou, Zhiping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optical devices; plasmonics; polarization rotators; silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES; PLASMONICS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; POLARIZATION STATE; SILICON PHOTONICS; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84885603226     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2281425     Document Type: Article

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