• DocumentCode
    515944
  • Title

    Silicon-on-insulator tunable wavelength router with minimized polarization dependent loss

  • Author

    Halir, Robert ; Vermeulen, Diedrik ; Roelkens, Gunther

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Ing. de Comun., Univ. de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel polarization diversity scheme based on 2D grating couplers and a simple phase shifter to achieve polarization dependent loss as low as 0.15 dB in an SOI wavelength router.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; phase shifters; silicon-on-insulator; telecommunication network routing; 2D grating couplers; SOI wavelength router; minimized polarization dependent loss; phase shifter; polarization diversity scheme; silicon-on-insulator tunable wavelength router; Arm; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Coupling circuits; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical ring resonators; Passive optical networks; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465657