High-efficiency ultrasmall polarization converter in InP membrane

作者:Pello Josselin*; van der Tol Jos; Keyvaninia Shahram; van Veldhoven Rene; Ambrosius Huub; Roelkens Gunther; Smit Meint
来源:Optics Letters, 2012, 37(17): 3711-3713.
DOI:10.1364/OL.37.003711

摘要

An ultrasmall (%26lt;10 mu m length) polarization converter in InP membrane is fabricated and characterized. The device relies on the beating between the two eigenmodes of chemically etched triangular waveguides. Measurements show a very high polarization conversion efficiency of %26gt;99% with insertion losses of %26lt; - 1.2 dB at a wavelength of 1.53 mu m. Furthermore, our design is found to be broadband and tolerant to dimension variations.

  • 出版日期2012-9-1