Title :
Integrated wire grid polarizer and plasmonic polarization beam splitter
Author :
Melikyan, A. ; Gaertner, C. ; Koehnle, K. ; Muslija, A. ; Sommer, M. ; Kohl, M. ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
An ultra-compact, low loss, high extinction ratio polarization beam splitter is proposed for the SOI platform The device is 3.5 um in length and provides more than 11 dB extinction ratio with less than 1 dB plasmonic losses.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical polarisers; plasmonics; silicon-on-insulator; SOI platform; extinction ratio; integrated wire grid polarizer; plasmonic losses; plasmonic polarization beam splitter; size 3.5 mum; Extinction ratio; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
