Coupled waveguide polarization splitter with slightly different core widths

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3528-3533

  Yamazaki, Tomohide ^a   Aono, Hideaki ^b   Yamauchi, Junji ^a   Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Directional coupler; Metal clad layer; Polarization splitter

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CROSSTALK; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; POLARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM-PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); COUPLED WAVEGUIDES; COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOADED WAVEGUIDES; METAL-CLAD LAYER; PHASE MISMATCHES; PHASE-MATCHING CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION SPLITTER; TE MODES; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WIDEBAND OPERATIONS;

METALS;

EID: 61349099653     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.917322     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. R. J. Deri, R. J. Hawkins, C. Caneau, E. C. M. Pennings, and N. C. Andreadakis, "Ultracompact monolithic integration of polarization diversity waveguide/photodiodes," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 59, no. 15, pp. 1823-1825, Oct. 1991.
2. V. Magnin, J. Harari, and D. Decoster, "Numerical study of polarisation-selective side-illuminated pin photodetectors grown on InP substrate for hybridisation on silicon platform," Inst. Elect. Eng. Optoelectron., vol. 151, no. 3, pp. 171-176, 2004.
3. W. Warzanskyj, F. Heismann, and R. C. Alferness, "Polarization-independent electro-optically tunable narrow-bandwavelength filter," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 13-15, Jul. 1988.
4. T. Barwicz, M. R. Watts, M. A. Popović, P. T. Rakich, L. Socci, F. X. Kärtner, E. P. Ippen, and H. I. Smith, "Polarization-transparent microphotonic devices in the strong confinement limit," Nature Photon., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 57-60, Jan. 2007.
5. H. F. Mahlein, R. Oberbacher, and W. Rauscher, "An integrated optical TE-TM mode splitter," Appl. Phys., vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 15-20, May 1975.
6. J. Yamauchi, K. Sumida, and H. Nakano, "Analysis of a polarization splitter with a multilayer filter using a Padé operator-based power-conserving fourth-order accurate beam-propagation method," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, no. 17, pp. 1858-1860, Sep. 2006.
7. 3 by proton exchange and Ti diffusion," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 1567-1574, Oct. 1989.
8. M. C. Oh, M. H. Lee, and H. J. Lee, "Polymeric waveguide polarization splitter with a buried birefringent polymer," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 1144-1146, Sep. 1999.
9. T. Yamazaki, J. Yamauchi, and H. Nakano, "A branch-type TE/TM wave splitter using a light-guiding metal line," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 922-928, Mar. 2007.
10. R. A. Betts and F. Lui, "Broadband polarisation splitting couplers in ion-exchanged glass," Electron. Lett., vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 450-452, Mar. 1990.
11. I. Kiyat, A. Aydinli, and N. Dagli, "A compact silicon-on-insulator polarization splitter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 100-102, Jan. 2005.
12. B. M. A. Rahman, N. Somasiri, C. Themistos, and K. T. V. Grattan, "Design of optical polarization splitters in a single-section deeply etched MMI waveguide," Appl. Phys. B, Photophys. Laser Chem., vol. 73, no. 5-6, pp. 613-618, Oct. 2001.
13. J. M. Hong, H. H. Ryu, S. R. Park, J. W. Jeong, S. G. Lee, E. H. Lee, S. G. Park, D. Woo, S. Kim, and B. H. O, "Design and fabrication of significantly shortened multimode interference coupler for polarization splitter application," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 72-74, Jan. 2003.
14. P. Albrecht, M. Hamacher, H. Heidrich, D. Hoffmann, H.-P. Nolting, and C. M. Weinert, "TE/TM mode splitters on InGaAsP/InP," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 114-115, Feb. 1990.
15. M. Rajarajan, C. Themistos, B. M. A. Rahman, and K. T. V. Grattan, "Characterization of metal-clad TE/TM mode splitters using the finite element method," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2264-2269, Dec. 1997.
16. T. Yamazaki, H. Aono, J. Yamauchi, and H. Nakano, "BPM simulation of a metal-clad TE/TM mode splitter using a silica-based embedded waveguide," in Proc. Int. Symp. Contemporary Photonic Technologies Jan. 2005, pp. 111-112, Paper P-16.
17. T. Yamazaki, H. Aono, J. Yamauchi, and H. Nakano, "Metal-loaded TE/TM polarization splitter consisting of embedded waveguides with slightly different core widths," presented at the Optical Society America Integr. Photon. Res. Appl., Uncasville, CT, Apr. 26, 2006, JWB3.
18. M. Kawachi, "Silica waveguides on silicon and their application to integrated-optic components," Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 391-416, Sep. 1990.
19. P. B. Johnsona and R. W. Christy, "Optical constants of the noble metals," Phys. Rev. B, Condens. Matter, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4370-4379, Dec. 1972.
20. S. J. Al-Bader, "Optical transmission on metallic wires - Fundamental modes," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 325-329, Mar. 2004.
21. J. Yamauchi, M. Sekiguchi, O. Uchiyama, J. Shibayama, and Nakano, "Modified finite-difference formula for the analysis semivectorial modes in step-index optical waveguides," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 961-963, Jul. 1997.
22. J. Yamauchi, Propagating Beam Analysis of Optical Waveguides. Hertfordshire, U.K.: Research Studies Press, 2003.
23. J. P. Berenger, "A perfectly matched layer for the absorption of electromagnetic-waves," J. Comput. Phys., vol. 114, no. 2, pp. 185-200, Oct. 1994.
24. J. Shibayama, T. Yamazaki, J. Yamauchi, and H. Nakano, "Eigenmode analysis of a light-guiding metal line loaded on a dielectric substrate using the imaginary-distance beam-propagation method," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1533-1539, Mar. 2005.
25. D. Yevick and W. Bardyszewski, "Correspondence of variational finite-difference (relaxation) and imaginary-distance propagation methods for modal analysis," Opt. Lett., vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 329-330, Mar. 1992.
26. C. L. Xu, W. P. Huang, and S. K. Chaudhuri, "Efficient and accurate vector mode calculations by beam propagation method," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 1209-1215, Jul. 1993.
27. J. C. Chen and S. Jüngling, "Computation of higher-order waveguide modes by the imaginary-distance beam propagation method," Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 29, no. 3, pp. S199-S205, 1994.