title: Silicon waveguide based TE mode converter.
abstract: A silicon waveguide based TE mode converter was designed for the mode conversion between a horizontal waveguide and vertical waveguide in the two-layer structure waveguide based polarization diversity circuit. The TE mode converter's performance was studied. The polarization mode converter with minimum length of 5 μm was demonstrated to provide the TE mode conversion while maintaining the polarization status. The insertion loss at the transition region was less than 2 dB.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 11 Science Park Road, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117685. zhangj@ime.a-star.edu.sg
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tsung-Yang
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Liow
authors.forename: Mingbin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Guo-Qiang
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Dim-Lee
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kwong