Vector beam propagation analysis of polarization conversion in periodically loaded waveguides

Author

Obayya, S.S.A. ; Rahman, B.M.A. ; El-Mikati, H.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Inf. Eng., City Univ., London, UK

Volume

12

Issue

10

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1346

Lastpage

1348

Abstract

An improved design of a short and low-loss polarization converter is proposed. It consists of an asymmetrically periodic loaded rib waveguides. At a wavelength of 1.5 μm, 98% polarization conversion ratio is obtained with a relatively short 0.74-mm device length and an extremely low 0.13-dB total insertion loss. The simulation results are obtained using a full vector beam propagation method based on the finite element method.

Keywords

optical losses; optical polarisers; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; symmetry; vectors; 0.13 dB; 0.74 mm; 1.5 mum; asymmetrically periodic loaded rib waveguides; device length; finite element method; full vector beam propagation method; periodically loaded waveguides; polarization conversion; polarization conversion ratio; short low-loss polarization converter; simulation results; total insertion loss; vector beam propagation analysis; Fabrication; Finite element methods; Insertion loss; Loaded waveguides; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Waveguide junctions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.883825

Filename

883825