• DocumentCode
    499823
  • Title

    Very short polarization splitting/combining using two horizontally-slotted waveguides

  • Author

    Yue, Yang ; Zhang, Lin ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a very short polarization splitter/combiner using two horizontally-slotted waveguides. A 46.7-mum conversion length is achieved with 22 dB extinction ratio. The bandwidth is 18 nm for ER>20 dB.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical beam splitters; optical couplers; conversion length; extinction ratio; horizontally-slotted waveguides; size 46.7 mum; very-short polarization combining; very-short polarization splitting; Bandwidth; Couplers; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Strips; (230.1360) Beam splitters; (230.5440) Polarization-sensitive devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225184