Title :
Design of polarisation insensitive vertical couplers in silicon-on-insulator waveguides with small cross section
Author :
Passaro, Vittorio M N ; De Leonardis, Francesco
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents a detailed investigation of single-mode SOI vertical couplers with the aim to achieve polarization independent behaviour.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light polarisation; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI vertical couplers; Si; coupler design; polarisation insensitive couplers; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; single-mode couplers; Design optimization; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8949-2
DOI :
10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462126
