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The authors report the polarisation insensitive operation of an arrayed waveguide grating using a polarisation rotator/splitter (PRS) waveguide device which attains identical wavelength characteristics and optical losses for both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarisations. The proposed PRS device is composed of a rib structure waveguide and an asymmetrical directional coupler (ADC). The rib waveguide converts TM fundamental mode to TE first-order mode. The ADC splits TE first-order mode into the TE fundamental mode propagating in the sub-adjacent waveguide. Experimental results confirm that the proposed device operates independently of light polarisations; channel isolation is nearly 20 dB, and no transmission wavelength shift or polarisation dependent loss are observed between TE and TM polarisations.
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