Title :
Low cost wide waveguide gap polarization mode converter
Author :
Lingjie Wang ; Yanli Zhao ; Tianhong Zhou ; Zheng Chen ; Yuanzhong Xu ; Weidong Ma
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
A new type of low cost polarization mode converter on basis of the segmented waveguide taper (SWT) has been proposed, which can reduce the excess loss drastically from 5dB to less than 1.5dB.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical losses; optical waveguides; SWT; low cost wide waveguide gap polarization mode converter; segmented waveguide taper;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0