Numerical design and characterization of a micro/nano-fiber based polarization beam splitter

Author

Yingxin Zeng ; Zhe Chen ; Yanfang Zhai ; Jianhui Yu ; Jun Zhang ; Fengli Li ; Jieyuan Tang ; Xindan Chen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Optoelectron. Eng., Jinan Univ. Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China

fYear

2013

fDate

19-22 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

124

Abstract

The polarization splitting characteristics of a polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on two closely spaced parallel optical micro/nano-fibers (MNFs) were studied using the three dimension full vector beam propagation method (3-D FVBPM). Our results of the study show that a very compact PBS can be realized. Through numerical simulation, the geometric parameters of the PBS were optimally selected to ensure desired polarization splitting performance. Additionally, the fabrication tolerances of the device were also studied.

Keywords

holey fibres; nanofibres; nanophotonics; numerical analysis; optical beam splitters; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; 3D FVBPM method; MNF; closely spaced parallel optical microfiber; closely spaced parallel optical nanofiber; fabrication tolerances; geometric parameters; numerical design; numerical simulation; polarization beam splitter; polarization splitting; three dimension full vector beam propagation method; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; 3D full vector beam propagation method; Micro/nano optical fiber; numerical simulation; polarization beam splitter; polarization extinction ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2158-3234

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6309-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2013.6633155

Filename

6633155