• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 2, Issue 2, 0289 (2004)
Hangyou Lin1、*, Jiping Ning1, and Fan Geng2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Optoelectronic Information Science &
  • 2Technology Lab, MOE, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072
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    Hangyou Lin, Jiping Ning, Fan Geng. A waveguide polarizer based on Si-coated Ti:LiNbO3 planar structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(2): 0289 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel design of a transverse magnetic (TM)-pass waveguide polarizer based on Si on an X-cut, Y-propagation Ti:LiNbO3 planar waveguide is presented. The eigenvalue functions of such structure have been obtained by using Wenzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) method with modified Airy functions. The intervals of the silicon thickness have been found which result in transverse electric (TE) light suffering strong attenuation while TM wave propagating with fairly low loss. A planar waveguide polarizer is fabricated and its polarization-dependent measurements lead to the best polarization extinction ratio ~34 dB and the insertion loss <0.4 dB.
    Hangyou Lin, Jiping Ning, Fan Geng. A waveguide polarizer based on Si-coated Ti:LiNbO3 planar structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(2): 0289
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