Polarization Beam Splitter and Rotator for Polarization-Independent Silicon Photonic Circuit
- 1 September 2007
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- No. 19492081,p. 1-3
- https://doi.org/10.1109/group4.2007.4347648
Abstract
We propose a novel polarization beam splitter (PBS) and rotator (PBR) for polarization diversity configuration to implement a polarization-independent silicon photonic circuit. Our PBS, which is based on a directional coupler (DC), exhibits the polarization extinction ratio (PER) of 10 dB for the C-band, and the maximum PER is 23 dB. For the PBR, which consists of a Si wire and an off-axis silicon oxinitride (SiOxNy) waveguide, the simulated PER exceeds 20 dB in the efficient wavelength range of over 6 THz.Keywords
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