Title :
Broadband mode-evolution-based four-port polarizing beam splitter
Author :
Zhan Su ; Timurdogan, Erman ; Hosseini, Ehsan S. ; Jie Sun ; Leake, Gerald ; Coolbaugh, D. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
The first demonstration of a four-port integrated polarizing beam splitter is reported. The device was fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator platform and exhibits crosstalk level <; -10dB over a 150nm bandwidth.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; silicon-on-insulator; Si; broadband mode evolution; crosstalk level; four-port integrated polarizing beam splitter; silicon-on-insulator platform; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Silicon photonics; System-on-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA