TY - CHAP AU - Villafranca Velasco, Aitor AU - Calvo Padilla, María Luisa AU - Cheben, Pavel AU - Ortega Moñux, Alejandro AU - Schmid, Jens H. AU - Alonso Ramos, Carlos AU - Molina Fernández, Íñigo AU - Lapointe, Jean AU - Vachon, Martin AU - Janz, Siegfried AU - Xu, Dan-Xia PY - 2012 DO - 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM4M.5 SN - 978-1-55752-933-6 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45510 AB - We demonstrate an ultracompact polarization mode converter based on a silicon-on-insulator waveguide with two longitudinal subwavelength trenches. An extinction ratio of 16 dB at 1.5 μm is achieved for a device length of 10 μm. LA - eng PB - IEEE KW - Engineering KW - Electrical & Electronic KW - Optics KW - Applied Physics TI - Ultra-Compact Polarization Mode Converter Implemented in a Dual-Trench Silicon-On-Insulator Waveguide TY - book part ER -