Research Article

Design and Optimization of Polarization Splitting and Rotating Devices in Silicon-on-Insulator Technology

Table 1

Comparison among different PMC architectures.

DevicePerformance Etch step

[26]PER = 15 dB300 nm40 μm2
Device #1PER = 26 dB
PCE = 99.7%
100 nm25 μm

[30]PER = 16 dB
PCE = 97.5%
47 nm10 μm1
Device #2 PER > 17 dB
PCE > 98%
50 nm5 μm

[31] PCE = 82.2%30 nm25 μm2
Device #3 PER > 17.5 dB
PCE = 98.3%
20 nm29 μm

[32]PCE 100%70 nm100 μm1
Device #4 PER = 39 dB
PCE 100%
170 nm75 μm