title: Integrated mode-evolution-based polarization rotators.
abstract: For the first time to our knowledge, designs for mode-evolution-based integrated polarization rotators requiring only a pair of waveguide core layers are presented. Finite-difference time-domain and eigenmode expansion simulations demonstrate the near-ideal performance of the approach. In contrast with approaches based on mode coupling, no significant wavelength sensitivity is observed.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. mwatts@mit.edu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Haus