Title :
Ultra-small silicon polarization beam splitter based on cascaded asymmetry directional couplers
Author :
Jian Wang ; Daoxin Dai
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. for Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
A polarization beam splitter with cascaded asymmetrical directional couplers is demonstrated experimentally on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The measured extinction ratios of the fabricated PBS are about 11dB and 13dB for TE/TM polarizations.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical beam splitters; optical directional couplers; silicon-on-insulator; PBS; SOI platform; TE polarizations; TM polarizations; cascaded asymmetry directional couplers; extinction ratios; silicon-on-insulator platform; ultra-small silicon polarization beam splitter; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
