Title :
Intersected slot waveguide for dual polarized mode low-index confinement and its polarization conversion
Author :
Zhou, Haifeng ; Wang, Wanjun ; Yang, Jiangyi ; Wang, Minghua ; Jiang, Xiaoqing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
Intersected slot waveguide is proposed to strongly confine TE and TM modes simultaneously. Confinement factors as wells as single-mode condition are given for fully symmetrical a-Si/SiO2/SOI intersected slot waveguide and the SiNx-covered case @ 1.55 mum. A pertinent polarization- independent device can be realized by size tuning, or by employing the analyzed polarization converter to alternatively treat the polarized modes. The conversion efficiency is also investigated in size dependence by mode matching method.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light polarisation; mode matching; optical waveguides; slot lines; dual polarized mode low-index confinement; integrated optics; intersected slot waveguide; mode matching method; polarization conversion; Geometry; Mode matching methods; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission; Tellurium; Integrated optics; polarization conversion; slot waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638120
