Minimisation of modal birefringence in semiconductor optical guided-wave devices
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics
- Vol. 147 (3) , 151-156
- https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-opt:20000290
Abstract
Using a rigorous numerical approach, it is shown that the modal birefringence of semiconductor optical waveguides can be eliminated by optimising the waveguide parameters, to achieve polarisation independent performances.Keywords
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