lengths for two polarizations, a requirement that is generally challenging to be achieved. In
this paper, we design and experimentally demonstrate broadband PBSs based on MMI
couplers with internal photonic crystals (PCs), fabricated on an SOI wafer with a 220-nm-thick
top silicon layer covered by oxide cladding. As the internal PC only possesses photonic
bandgap for the TE polarization, it will reflect the TEpolarized light while transmit the TM-polarized …