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We recently demonstrated an ultracompact integrated polarization beamsplitter (PBS) utilizing nanophotonic dielectric structures1. Sigmund et al. raised concerns regarding our paper2. Our response is as follows.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, Utah, USA

    Bing Shen, Peng Wang & Rajesh Menon

  2. Utah Nanofabrication Facility, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, Utah, USA

    Randy Polson

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