• DocumentCode
    2147890
  • 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
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    21-23 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    198
  • Lastpage
    200
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9070-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516451
  • Filename
    1516451