Title :
Design considerations for devices based upon small SOI waveguides
Author :
Reed, G.T. ; Chan, S.P. ; Headley, W.R. ; Passaro, V.M.N. ; Timotijevic, B.D.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Inst., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Abstract :
With the increased desire to miniaturise devices in silicon photonics comes increased difficulty in producing polarisation independent devices whilst maintaining monomode behaviour. In this paper we discuss the design of such devices, and report supportive experimental results.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI waveguides; optical design; polarisation independent devices; silicon photonics; Birefringence; Boundary conditions; Differential equations; Etching; Photonics; Polarization; Propagation constant; Silicon; Slabs; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9070-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516451
