Stress-induced birefringence in silica-on-silicon waveguides is analyzed by the finite element method using the
normalized plane strain model. The simulation results show that the thermal expansion coefficient of the upper-cladding
is the most critical factor. A waveguide with zero birefringence is obtained and used to realize polarization independent
AWGs.
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