• DocumentCode
    578015
  • Title

    Compact TE/TM-pass polarizer based on lithium niobate on insulator ridge waveguides

  • Author

    Saitoh, Emi ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Media & Network Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    634
  • Lastpage
    635
  • Abstract
    We propose TE/TM-pass polarizer based on loss mechanism in leaky lithium niobate on insulator ridge waveguides. We show compact polarizers can be designed for both TE and TM polarizations by changing the height of waveguide.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; light polarisation; lithium compounds; optical polarisers; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; LiNbO3; TE polarization; TM polarization; compact TE/TM-pass polarizer; lithium niobate on insulator ridge waveguides; loss mechanism; Indexes; Insulators; Lithium niobate; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Slabs; finite element method (FEM); integrated optics; lithium niobate; lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI); polarizer; ridge waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358781
  • Filename
    6358781