• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 4, 041301 (2020)
Bing Bai, Li Pei*, Jingjing Zheng, Tigang Ning, and Jing Li
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of All Optical Network and Advanced Telecommunication Network, Ministry of Education, Institute of Lightwave Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.041301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Bing Bai, Li Pei, Jingjing Zheng, Tigang Ning, Jing Li. Ultra-short plasmonic polarization beam splitter-rotator using a bent directional coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(4): 041301 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and analyze a silicon hybrid plasmonic polarization splitter-rotator with an ultra-short footprint using an asymmetric bent directional coupler on a silicon-on-insulator platform. Benefitting from the large birefringence induced by the bent structure and plasmonic effect, the cross-polarization coupling length is only 5.21 μm. The transverse magnetic to transverse electric polarization conversion efficiency is over 99.9%, with an extinction ratio of 20.6 dB (32.5 dB) for the transverse magnetic (transverse electric) mode at 1.55 μm. Furthermore, the polarization conversion efficiency is higher than 90% while maintaining cross talk below ?19 dB within the bandwidth of 80 nm.
    OPL=Pθ=Ndk0Rdθ=Nmk0Rmθ,(1)

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    κστ=ω0+02πΔεEσ·Eτrdrdϕ,(2)

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    PCE=10log[TCross_TE/(TCross_TE+TBar_TM)],(3)

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    ERTM=10log(TCross_TE/TCross_TM),ERTE=10log(TBar_TE/TBar_TM),(4)

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    ILTM=10log(TCross_TE),ILTE=10log(TBar_TE),(5)

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    CLTE=10log(TThru_TE/TCross_TE),CLTM=10log(TCross_TE/TThru_TE).(6)

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    Bing Bai, Li Pei, Jingjing Zheng, Tigang Ning, Jing Li. Ultra-short plasmonic polarization beam splitter-rotator using a bent directional coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(4): 041301
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