Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform
We demonstrate a polarization-independent mode-evolution-based coupler for the silicon-on-insulator platform. The measured coupler has negligible insertion loss over a bandwidth of about 100 nm, i.e., from 1500 to 1600 nm. The measured maximum power imbalances for the polarization-independent couple...
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| author | Yun Wang Luhua Xu Han Yun Minglei Ma Amar Kumar Eslam El-Fiky Rui Li Nicolas Abadiacalvo Lukas Chrostowski Nicolas A. F. Jaeger David V. Plant |
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| description | We demonstrate a polarization-independent mode-evolution-based coupler for the silicon-on-insulator platform. The measured coupler has negligible insertion loss over a bandwidth of about 100 nm, i.e., from 1500 to 1600 nm. The measured maximum power imbalances for the polarization-independent coupler are 1.2 and 0.2 dB for the fundamental transverse electric (TE<sub>00</sub>) mode and the fundamental transverse magnetic (TM<sub>00</sub>) mode, respectively. Our coupler also has a compact design footprint with mode-evolution region not more than 75-μm long. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ad3be74c67d4949a4d2d11125f9a9d62022-12-21T21:35:54ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110311010.1109/JPHOT.2018.28357678358761Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator PlatformYun Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7872-3976Luhua Xu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5685-3526Han Yun2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-1348Minglei Ma3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-0163Amar Kumar4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7254-497XEslam El-Fiky5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9090-5097Rui Li6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9263-9199Nicolas Abadiacalvo7Lukas Chrostowski8Nicolas A. F. Jaeger9David V. Plant10Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaWe demonstrate a polarization-independent mode-evolution-based coupler for the silicon-on-insulator platform. The measured coupler has negligible insertion loss over a bandwidth of about 100 nm, i.e., from 1500 to 1600 nm. The measured maximum power imbalances for the polarization-independent coupler are 1.2 and 0.2 dB for the fundamental transverse electric (TE<sub>00</sub>) mode and the fundamental transverse magnetic (TM<sub>00</sub>) mode, respectively. Our coupler also has a compact design footprint with mode-evolution region not more than 75-μm long.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8358761/Silicon nanophotonicswaveguide devices. |
| spellingShingle | Yun Wang Luhua Xu Han Yun Minglei Ma Amar Kumar Eslam El-Fiky Rui Li Nicolas Abadiacalvo Lukas Chrostowski Nicolas A. F. Jaeger David V. Plant Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform IEEE Photonics Journal Silicon nanophotonics waveguide devices. |
| title | Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform |
| title_full | Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform |
| title_fullStr | Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform |
| title_short | Polarization-Independent Mode-Evolution-Based Coupler for the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform |
| title_sort | polarization independent mode evolution based coupler for the silicon on insulator platform |
| topic | Silicon nanophotonics waveguide devices. |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8358761/ |
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