Subwavelength-grating-assisted broadband polarization-independent directional coupler
- 1 April 2016
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 41 (7), 1648-1651
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.41.001648
Abstract
This Letter presents both numerical and experimental results of a polarization-independent directional coupler based on slot waveguides with a subwavelength grating. The measured coupling efficiency is 97.4% for TE and 96.7% for TM polarization at a wavelength of 1550 nm. Further analysis shows that the proposed subwavelength grating directional coupler has a fabrication tolerance of for the grating structure and that the coupling efficiencies for the two polarizations are both higher than (), exceeding the entire C-band (1525–1570 nm) experimentally.
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Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61120106012, 61177058)
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