2×2 Adiabatic 3-dB coupler on silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8915, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yun, Han ^a   Shi, Wei ^b   Wang, Yun ^a   Chrostowski, Lukas ^a   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adiabatic 3 dB coupler; Broadband; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC 3-DB COUPLER; BROADBAND; OPTICAL POWER SPLITTERS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SILICON RIB WAVEGUIDES; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; UNBALANCED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PHOTONICS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVELENGTH;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84890509664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2037968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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