title: Fabrication tolerant polarization splitter and rotator based on a tapered directional coupler.
abstract: A polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) based on a tapered directional coupler with relaxed fabrication tolerance is proposed and demonstrated on the silicon-on-insulator platform. The device is simply constructed by parallel-coupling a narrow silicon waveguide with a linearly tapered wider waveguide. Compared to previously reported PSRs based on a normal directional coupler, which suffer from stringent requirements on the accuracy of the narrow waveguide width, the introduced tapered structure of the wide waveguide can be used to compensate the fabrication errors of the narrow waveguide. In addition, only a single step of exposure and etching is needed for the fabrication of the device. Similar high conversion efficiencies are experimentally demonstrated for a narrow waveguide width deviation of 14 nm with large tolerance to the coupler length.
authors.affiliation: DTU-Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, Building 343, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. yudin@fotonik.dtu.dk
authors.forename: Yunhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peucheret
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ou
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012399:Rotation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*