Design of an ultra-broadband and fabrication-tolerant silicon polarization rotator splitter with SiO2 top cladding

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-08-18
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Anultra-broadbandandfabrication-tolerantsiliconpolarizationrotatorsplitterisproposedinthisLetter.Benefittingfromthebroadbandandlow-losscharacteristicsofthebi-leveltaperandcounter-taperedcoupler,thedesigneddevicehasasimulatedinsertionlossandcrosstalkoflessthan0.2and-15dBinthewavebandfrom1290to1610nm.Thesecharacteristicsmakeitvaluableinapplicationswithlargebandwidthrequirements,suchasfull-gridCoarsewavelengthpisionmultiplexer(CWDM)anddiplexer/triplexerfiber-to-the-homesystems.Thefabricationtoleranceofthedesignisalsoanalyzed,showingthatthedeviceperformanceisquitestablewithnormalmanufacturingerrorsinsiliconphotonicsfoundries.