TY - JOUR AU - Villafranca Velasco, Aitor AU - Calvo Padilla, María Luisa AU - Cheben, Pavel AU - Ortega Moñux, Alejandro AU - Alonso Ramos, Carlos Alberto AU - Molina fernández, Íñigo AU - Lapointe, Jean AU - Vachon, Martin AU - Janz, Siegfried AU - Xu, Dan-Xia PY - 2012 DO - 10.1364/OL.37.000365 SN - 0146-9592 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44172 T2 - Optics Letters AB - The design and fabrication of an ultracompact silicon-on-insulator polarization converter is reported. The polarization conversion with an extinction ratio of 16 dB is achieved for a conversion length of only 10 mu m. Polarization rotation is achieved... LA - eng M2 - 365 PB - The Optical Society Of America KW - Mode Converter KW - Rotator KW - Efficient TI - Ultracompact polarization converter with a dual subwavelength trench built in a silicon-on-insulator waveguide TY - journal article VL - 37 ER -