• DocumentCode
    1587464
  • Title

    An ultra-compact polarization rotator based on surface plasmon polariton effect

  • Author

    Zhang, Huijuan ; Zhu, Shiyang ; Huijuan Zhang ; Chen, Shiyi ; Lo, Guo-Qiang ; Kwong, Dim-Lee

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res.), Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A 3μm long ultra small surface plasmon polariton effect based TM to TE polarization rotator was designed. Effective polarization rotation was achieved in fabricated devices. 10dB PER and 11dB insertion loss were achieved in experiments.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical rotation; polaritons; surface plasmons; TE polarization rotator; TM polarization rotator; loss 11 dB; surface plasmon polariton effect; ultra-compact polarization rotator; wavelength 3 mum; Metals; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875450