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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358781
