Robust Silicon Waveguide Polarization Rotator with an Amorphous Silicon Overlayer

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  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

amorphous silicon; polarization rotation; Silicon waveguide

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BROADBAND OPERATION; EVOLUTION MECHANISM; POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84904330428     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2306827     Document Type: Article

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