Fabrication tolerant and broadband polarization splitter and rotator based on a taper-etched directional coupler

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 17458-17465

  Xiong, Yule ^a,b   Xu, Dan Xia ^a   Schmid, Jens H ^a   Cheben, Pavel ^a   Janz, Siegfried ^a   Ye, Winnie N ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SILICON OXIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

FABRICATION TOLERANCES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE CIRCUIT; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION CROSSTALK; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR PLATFORMS; UPPER CLADDING LAYERS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84904292031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.017458     Document Type: Article

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