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
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;
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
