Title :
Silicon waveguide based TE mode converter
Author :
Zhang, Jing ; Liow, Tsung-Yang ; Zhang, Huijuan ; Chen, Shiyi ; Yu, Mingbin ; Lo, Guo-Qiang ; Kwong, Dim-Lee
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res.), Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A silicon waveguide based TE mode converter was designed for the mode conversion between a horizontal waveguide and vertical waveguide in the two-layer structure waveguide based polarization diversity circuit. The TE mode converter´s performance was studied. The polarization mode converter with minimum length of 5μm was demonstrated to provide the TE mode conversion while maintaining the polarization status. The insertion loss at the transition region was less than 3dB.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light polarisation; nanophotonics; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; Si; TE mode converter; horizontal waveguide; mode conversion; polarization diversity circuit; polarization mode converter; silicon waveguide; vertical waveguide; Converters; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Silicon; Photonic integrated circuits; Polarization modes; Silicon waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9882-6
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2010.5706093
