• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 22, Issue 1, 011303 (2024)
Yawen Bai1、2, Pengfei Wang1、2, Bo Peng1、2, and Tao Chu3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi’an 710119, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202422.011303 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yawen Bai, Pengfei Wang, Bo Peng, Tao Chu. O-band reconfigurable silicon polarization rotator[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(1): 011303 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Silicon waveguides typically exhibit optical anisotropy, which leads to polarization correlation and single-polarization operations. This consequently creates a demand for polarization-control devices. This paper introduces a CMOS-compatible O-band reconfigurable TE/TM polarization rotator comprising two symmetrical polarization rotator–splitters and phase shifters. This configuration enables dynamic conversion of any linear polarization to its quadratic equivalent. Experimental results indicate that the reconfigurable polarization rotator exhibits an insertion loss of less than 1.5 dB. Furthermore, the bandwidth for a polarization extinction ratio beyond 15 dB exceeds 60 nm.
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    Yawen Bai, Pengfei Wang, Bo Peng, Tao Chu. O-band reconfigurable silicon polarization rotator[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(1): 011303
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