Higher-order-mode assisted silicon-on-insulator 90 degree polarization rotator

90°-turns with polarization-independent single-mode waveguide on silicon-on- insulator for telecommunication wavelengths

Polarization rotator based on augmented low-index-guiding waveguide on silicon nitride/silicon-on-insulator platform.

Using a newly proposed augmented low-index-guiding scheme with silicon nitride/silicon dual-core waveguide, we have designed, fabricated, and characterized a transverse electric (TE) to transverse magnetic (TM) and TM-to-TE compact polarization rotator. The polarization rotation is realized in an asymmetric directional coupler. The measured peak conversion efficiencies for the TE-to-TM and TM-t...

Homodyne laser Doppler vibrometer on silicon-on-insulator with integrated 90 degree optical hybrids.

A miniaturized homodyne laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) with a compact 90° optical hybrid is experimentally demonstrated on a CMOS compatible silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. Optical components on this platform usually have inadequate suppressions of spurious reflections, which significantly influence the performance of the LDV. Numerical compensation methods are implemented to effectively d...

Efficient silicon polarization rotator based on mode-hybridization in a double-stair waveguide.

We present a compact silicon polarization rotator (PR) based on mode-hybridization by breaking the cross-sectional symmetry of a double-stair waveguide. The device fabrication is fully compatible with the commonly used silicon photonics processes with no extra masks required. The dependence of device performance on the double-stair waveguide dimensions is investigated using FDTD simulations. Ch...

Suspended polarization beam splitter on silicon-on-insulator.

Polarization handling in suspended silicon photonics has the potential to enable new applications in fields such as optomechanics, photonic microelectromechanical systems, and mid-infrared photonics. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a suspended polarization beam splitter on a silicon-on-insulator waveguide platform, based on an asymmetric directional coupler. Our device presents pola...