Title :
New fabrication method of trapezoidal polarization converters for inp-based photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Dzibrou, D.O. ; van der Tol, J.J.G.M. ; Smit, Meint K.
Author_Institution :
Group of Photonic Integration, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper presents a new way to make trapezoidal polarization converters. The fabrication process has four steps, two steps less than the standard fabrication. The fabricated converters have a 97.9% polarization conversion and loss below 0.5 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 μm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; convertors; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical fabrication; InP; photonic integrated circuits; polarization conversion; trapezoidal polarization converters; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fabrication; Indium phosphide; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resists; Standards; InP; photonic integrated circuits; polarization converter;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6130-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8669
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2013.6562622