Design of polarization-independent adiabatic splitters fabricated on silicon-on-insulator substrates

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 26729-26734

  Xing, Jiejiang ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^a   Yu, Yude ^a   Yu, Jinzhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; GAP SEPARATION; HIGH UNIFORMITY; NOVEL DESIGN; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR SUBSTRATES; TM POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84887453299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.026729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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