DocumentCode
197267
Title
Voltage controlled polarization rotation from Berry´s phase in silicon optical microring resonators
Author
Qiang Xu ; Li Chen ; Wood, Michael G. ; Reano, Ronald M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present an on-chip electrically tunable polarization rotator in silicon utilizing topological phase. Optical polarization is dynamically tuned between TE and TM modes with 9 dB polarization extinction ratio and 1.4 dB conversion loss.
Keywords
electro-optical effects; elemental semiconductors; extinction coefficients; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; light polarisation; micro-optics; microcavities; optical losses; optical rotation; silicon; Berry phase; TE modes; TM modes; conversion loss; loss 1.4 dB; on-chip electrically tunable polarization rotator; optical polarization; polarization extinction ratio; silicon optical microring resonators; topological phase; voltage controlled polarization rotation; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical variables measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989968
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