• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 48, Issue 12, 1248003 (2019)
Heng-ying CAO1、1, He-ming CHEN2、2、*, and Xiu-li BAI1、1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering&College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Bell Honors School, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20194812.1248003 Cite this Article
    Heng-ying CAO, He-ming CHEN, Xiu-li BAI. Orbital Angular Momentum Modes Generator and Multiplexer Based on Silicon Waveguides[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2019, 48(12): 1248003 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Based on an integrated silicon platform, a device for generating and multiplexing optical orbital angular momentum modes is proposed, which is consisted of asymmetric directional coupler and trench waveguides. According to the principle of phase matching, the fundamental mode TE00 is coupled to the first-order mode via an asymmetric directional coupler. Single-trench waveguide can support two orthogonal linear polarization-like modes whose optical axes are rotated by around 45° with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions. Adjusting the phase difference of two orthogonal eigenmodes to make them degenerate, TE00 can be converted into orbital angular momentum modes with various topological charges, and multiplexed in the second trench. The simulation is carried out with finite difference domain method. The results show that the device can realize the generation and multiplex of orbital angular momentum modes with topological charges of +1, 0, -1. The proposed device is very compact with a footprint of < 80 μm×5.3 μm and an insertion loss of 0.24 dB, and is fit for a wavelength range from 1.47 μm to 1.58 μm. The structure is simple and easy to integrate, having a good application in orbital angular momentum multiplexing system.
    Heng-ying CAO, He-ming CHEN, Xiu-li BAI. Orbital Angular Momentum Modes Generator and Multiplexer Based on Silicon Waveguides[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2019, 48(12): 1248003
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