@inproceedings{f5b60a0bbbe8408d994124acbbcc5a34,
title = "Polarization splitters for micron-scale silicon photonics",
abstract = "We present polarization splitters for micron-scale silicon photonics based on Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI). We have designed the polarization splitters based on an advanced transfer matrix model, then confirmed by numerical simulations. We have fabricated the devices on our 3 µm-thick silicon on insulator (SOI) platform and successfully measured polarization splitting over a wide wavelength range (1450-1650 nm). We have achieved an extinction ratio (ER) >14dB for both polarizations on a bandwidth of 35 nm. However, high ER upto 20 dB is observed when considering one polarization.",
keywords = "form-birefringence, Polarization, polarization splitter, Silicon photonics, stress birefringence",
author = "Dura Shahwar and Matteo Cherchi and Mikko Harjanne and Markku Kapulainen and Timo Aalto",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 SPIE.; Silicon Photonics XVI 2021 ; Conference date: 06-03-2021 Through 11-03-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2576868",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-5106-4217-1",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE",
editor = "Reed, {Graham T.} and Knights, {Andrew P.}",
booktitle = "Silicon Photonics XVI",
address = "United States",
}