Extremely small polarization beam splitter based on a multimode interference coupler with a silicon hybrid plasmonic waveguide

Optics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-262

  Guan, Xiaowei ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Shi, Yaocheng ^a   Dai, Daoxin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRISMS; SILICON; STRIP METAL; WAVEGUIDES;

FABRICATION PROCESS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; TE POLARIZATIONS; WAVEGUIDE DIMENSIONS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84897372897     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.000259     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. L. Sansoni, F. Sciarrino, G. Vallone, P. Mataloni, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi, and R. Osellame, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 200503 (2010).
2. T. Barwicz, M. R. Watts, M. A. Popovic, P. T. Rakich, L. Socci, F. X. Kartner, E. P. Ippen, and H. I. Smith, Nat. Photonics 1, 57 (2007).
3. D. Dai, L. Liu, S. Gao, D. Xu, and S. He, Laser Photon. Rev. 7, 303 (2013).
4. Y. Ma, Q. Yang, Y. Tang, S. Chen, and W. Shieh, Opt. Express 17, 9422 (2009).
5. D. Dai, J. Bauters, and J. Bowers, Light: Sci. Appl. 1, 1 (2012).
6. A. Katigbak, J. F. Strother, and J. Lin, Opt. Eng. 48, 080503 (2009).
7. B. Yang, S. Shin, and D. Zhang, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 21, 432 (2009).
8. X. Tu, S. S. N. Ang, A. B. Chew, J. Teng, and T. Mei, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 22, 1324 (2010).
9. D. Dai and J. Bowers, Opt. Express 19, 18614 (2011).
10. J. Xiao, X. Liu, and X. Sun, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 47, 3748 (2008).
11. T. Yamazaki, H. Aono, J. Yamauchi, and H. Nakano, J. Lightwave Technol. 26, 3528 (2008).
12. L. B. Soldano, A. H. Vreede, M. K. Smit, B. H. Verbeek, E. G. Metaal, and F. H. Groen, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 6, 402 (1994).
13. T. K. Liang and H. K. Tsang, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 393 (2005).
14. W. N. Ye, D.-X. Xu, S. Janz, P. Waldron, P. Cheben, and N. G. Tarr, Opt. Lett. 32, 1492 (2007).
15. Y. Shi, D. Dai, and S. He, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 19, 825 (2007).
16. J. Feng and Z. Zhou, Opt. Lett. 32, 1662 (2007).
17. B. Rahman, N. Somasiri, C. Themistos, and K. Grattan, Appl. Phys. B 73, 613 (2001).
18. D. Dai, J. Lightwave Technol. 30, 3281 (2012).
19. J. Hong, H. Ryu, S. Park, J. Jeong, S. Lee, E. Lee, S. Park, D. Woo, S. Kim, and B.-H. O, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 72 (2003).
20. Y. Huang, Z. Tu, H. Yi, Y. Li, X. Wang, and W. Hu, Opt. Commun. 307, 46 (2013).
21. R. F. Oulton, V. J. Sorger, D. A. Genov, D. F. P. Pile, and X. Zhang, Nat. Photonics 2, 496 (2008).
22. D. Dai and S. He, Opt. Express 17, 16646 (2009).
23. F. Lou, D. Dai, and L. Wosinski, Opt. Lett. 37, 3372 (2012).
24. J. Chee, S. Zhu, and G. Q. Lo, Opt. Express 20, 25345 (2012).
25. L. Gao, F. Hu, X. Wang, L. Tang, and Z. Zhou, Appl. Phys. B 113, 199 (2013).
26. X. Guan, H. Wu, Y. Shi, L. Wosinski, and D. Dai, Opt. Lett. 38, 3005 (2013).
27. S. Kasarova, N. Sultanova, C. Ivanov, and I. Nikolov, Opt. Mater. 29, 1481 (2007).
28. L. B. Soldano, Multimode Interference Couplers: Design and Applications (Delft University, 1994).
29. G. Roelkens, D. Thourhout, and R. Baets, Opt. Express 14, 11622 (2006).
30. S. A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, 2007).