Title :
Novel polarization splitting through asymmetric plasmonic-dielectric coupling
Author :
Gao, Linfei ; Hu, Feifei ; Zhou, Zhiping
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel polarization splitting is proposed through plasmonic-dielectric coupling with ultrashort coupling length. Extinction ratios of 20.8 dB and 17.0 dB for TE and TM polarizations are achieved at a coupling length of 4.13 μm.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical directional couplers; plasmonics; TE polarization; TM polarization; asymmetric plasmonic dielectric coupling; extinction ratio; polarization splitting; size 4.13 mum; ultrashort coupling length; Couplings; Dielectrics; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Plasmons; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358809
