Polarization rotator-splitters in standard active silicon photonics platforms

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3777-3786

  Sacher, Wesley D ^a   Barwicz, Tymon ^b   Taylor, Benjamin J F ^a   Poon, Joyce K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84894768541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003777     Document Type: Article

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