title: Low-loss partial rib polarization rotator consisting only of silicon core and silica cladding.
abstract: We present a low-loss and small-footprint polarization rotator based on mode evolution. The polarization rotator is composed of an asymmetric-rib waveguide and a tapered waveguide, both of which consist only of a silicon core and a silica cladding. The rotator is fabricated under the same design rules as other device blocks, such as rib-waveguide phase shifters for photonic integration. The polarization rotator is fabricated using CMOS-based processes and provides polarization rotations with an on-chip insertion loss lower than 0.5 dB from transverse-electric (TE) to transverse-magnetic (TM) polarization and a loss lower than 1.0 dB from the TM to TE polarization in a 200 nm wavelength range extending over C and L bands.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Tsung-Yang
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Liow
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Guo-Qiang
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Dim-Lee
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kwong