Short Polarization Filter in Pillar-Based Photonic Crystals

Author

Kok, Abigaël A M ; Geluk, Erik Jan ; Karouta, Fouad ; Van der Tol, Jos J G M ; Baets, Roel ; Smit, Meint K.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven

Volume

20

Issue

16

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1369

Lastpage

1371

Abstract

The strong polarization dependence of two- dimensional photonic crystals is exploited for polarization filtering. The device with a length of 3.9 mum is integrated in a photonic integrated circuit based on InP waveguide technology. The average transmissions in the wavelength range from 1530 to 1570 nm are -8.7 dB for transverse-magnetic polarization and -26.5 dB for transverse-electric polarization.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical materials; optical waveguide filters; photonic crystals; InP; InP waveguide technology; optical waveguide components; photonic integrated circuit; pillar-based photonic crystal; short polarization filter; size 3.9 mum; transverse-electric polarization; transverse-magnetic polarization; wavelength 1530 nm to 1570 nm; Band pass filters; Filtering; Indium phosphide; Integrated circuit technology; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonic integrated circuits; Tellurium; Optical waveguide components; photonic crystals; polarization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.926861

Filename

4579317