Title :
Singlemode, Polarisation Independent Submicron Silicon Waveguides
Author :
Lim, Soon Thor ; Ang, Yong Long ; Png, Ching Eng
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High Performance Comput., Agency of Sci. & Technol., Singapore
Abstract :
Submicron optical waveguides exhibit strong dependency on its polarisation states, making polarisation insensitive design a challenge. We study both photonic wires and rib waveguides that are possible to satisfy both singlemode and zero birefringence simultaneously.
Keywords :
birefringence; elemental semiconductors; light polarisation; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; silicon; Si; birefringence; optical waveguides; photonic wires; polarisation independent submicron silicon waveguides; polarisation insensitive design; rib waveguides; singlemode silicon waveguides; Birefringence; High speed optical techniques; Optical computing; Optical design; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Sliding mode control; Tellurium; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391273
