• DocumentCode
    274456
  • Title

    An integrated-optic polarization splitter on silicon substrate

  • Author

    Aarnio, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Semicond. Lab. Espoo, Finland
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    11-15 Sep 1988
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Abstract
    A new type of integrated optic polarization splitter operating at the wavelength of 0.63 μm has been proposed and demonstrated. The splitting device was fabricated by integrating a single mode silicon nitride input waveguide with a curved total reflecting grating consisting of small parts of ellipses. A preliminary measurement showed 11 dB extinction ratio for TE/TM-separation and 9 dB for TM/TE-separation
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; light polarisation; optical elements; optical waveguides; optical workshop techniques; 0.63 micron; Si substrate; Si3N4; TE/TM-separation; TM/TE-separation; curved total reflecting grating; extinction ratio; integrated-optic polarization splitter; single-mode waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    93516