Title :
Polymeric polarization-independent modulator incorporating twisted optic-axis waveguide polarization converters
Author :
Oh, Min-Cheol ; Shin, Sang-Yung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
A polarization-independent intensity modulator made of electrooptic polymer waveguides is proposed and its theoretical performance is discussed. The device includes twisted optic-axis waveguide polarization converters and phase modulators in the arms of Mach-Zehnder interferometer. For arbitrary input polarization states the extinction ratio of better than 30 dB is possible, and its half-wave voltage is 1.5 times that of the conventional Mach-Zehnder modulator.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical polarisers; optical polymers; optical waveguides; phase modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer arms; Mach-Zehnder modulator; arbitrary input polarization states; electrooptic polymer waveguides; extinction ratio; half-wave voltage; phase modulators; polarization-independent intensity modulator; polymeric polarization-independent modulator; twisted optic-axis waveguide polarization converters; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Intensity modulation; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical polymers; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
