Title :
Experimental demonstration of an integrated hybrid plasmonic polarization rotator
Author :
Caspers, Jan Niklas ; Mojahedi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate an ultra-compact (4.5 μm long) hybrid plasmonic polarization rotator operating at telecommunication wavelength for integrated silicon photonic circuits. The polarization mode of a silicon waveguide is rotated with >11 dB polarization extinction ratio and a low total insertion losses of 3.6 dB.
Keywords :
extinction coefficients; integrated optics; light polarisation; micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical losses; optical polarisers; optical rotation; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; Si; insertion losses; integrated silicon photonic circuits; integrated silicon waveguide; loss 3.6 dB; polarization extinction ratio; size 4.5 mum; telecommunication wavelength; ultracompact hybrid plasmonic polarization rotator; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
