Design rules for slanted-angle polarization rotators

Author

Henghua Deng ; Yevick, D.O. ; Brooks, C. ; Jessop, P.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada

Volume

23

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

445

Abstract

A simple and general set of design rules for slanted-angle polarization-rotating waveguides is presented in this paper. These design rules are employed to construct single-mode SOI polarization rotators that offer significant advantages in conversion efficiency, optical loss, fabrication tolerance, spectral response and spatial dimensions relative to III-V components.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical rotation; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; conversion efficiency; fabrication tolerance; optical loss; single-mode SOI polarization rotator; slanted-angle polarization rotating waveguide design rules; spectral response; Finite element methods; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor films; Silicon; Tellurium; Dense-wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM); III–V semiconductor; finite-element method (FEM); integrated optics; optical waveguide; planar lightwave circuit (PLC); polarization rotator; silicon-on-insulator (SOI); single-mode condition;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.834477

Filename

1377473