Method for realizing stress optical waveguide polarization insensitivity of silicon group silicon dioxide with symmetric structure
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- INST OF SEMICONDUCTORS - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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[0001] The present invention relates to silicon-based silicon dioxide stress optical waveguide devices with a symmetrical structure, used to realize the polarization insensitivity of this type of waveguide, especially silicon-based silicon dioxide arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and Mach-Zehnder interference (MZI) type devices are not polarization sensitive. Background technique
[0002] Silicon-based silica optical waveguide is an optical waveguide formed by depositing silicon dioxide on a silicon substrate and etching it. Because the thermal expansion coefficients of silicon dioxide and silicon substrate are inconsistent, the prepared waveguide has stress asymmetry. The waveguide exhibits large stress birefringence with a birefringence index of about 10 -4 order of magnitude, and general devices are required to be insensitive to polarization, and the birefringence index of the entire waveguide needs to be reduced to 10 -5 Therefore, realizing the polariza...