High extinction ratio D-shaped fiber polarizers coated by a double graphene/PMMA stack

作者：Chu, Rang; Guan, Chunying^*; Yang, Jing; Zhu, Zheng; Li, Ping; Shi, Jinhui; Tian, Peixuan; Yuan, Libo; Brambilla, Gilberto

来源：Optics Express, 2017, 25(12): 13278-13285.

DOI：10.1364/OE.25.013278

• ENHANCED EVANESCENT-FIELD
• LASER MODE-LOCKING
• SATURABLE ABSORBER
• OPTICAL-FIBER
• MODULATOR
• CORE
• GAS

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a high extinction ratio and compact size TE-pass polarizer made by a D-shaped fiber coated with a double graphene/PMMA stack. The light propagating in the core of the fiber can be efficiently coupled into the graphene sheet thanks to the giant enhancement of the modal evanescent field associated with the high refractive index graphene/PMMA cladding. The strong interaction between the light and graphene produces a large attenuation difference between modes with orthogonal polarizations, resulting in an improved extinction ratio and a reduced insertion loss due to the device compactness. A double graphene/PMMA stack coated polarizer with an extinction ratio of up to 36 dB and an insertion loss of 5 dB has been achieved when the device length is only 2.5 min. The double graphene/PMMA slack has proved to be significantly better than single graphene/PMMA stack and bilaver graphene/PMMA structures, providing a polarizer with maximum extinction ratio of 44 dB for a length of 4 mm. The achieved results indicate that the proposed high extinction ratio polarizer is a promising candidate for novel in-fiber graphene-based devices.

• 出版日期2017-6-12
• 单位哈尔滨工程大学