FIRST REALIZED POLARIZATION CONVERTER BASED ON HYBRID SUPERMODES

Authors
MERTENS K OPITZ B HOVEL R HEIME K SCHMITT HJ
Citation
K. Mertens et al., FIRST REALIZED POLARIZATION CONVERTER BASED ON HYBRID SUPERMODES, IEEE photonics technology letters, 10(3), 1998, pp. 388-390
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
388 - 390
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1998)10:3<388:FRPCBO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We report the first realized polarization converter based on the conce pt of hybrid supermodes, A polarization conversion of 93% is achieved for a device length of only 0.25 mm. This represents the shortest pola rization converter realized on InP so far.