Vector beam propagation analysis of polarization conversion in periodically loaded waveguides

被引:25
作者
Obayya, SSA [1 ]
Rahman, BMA
El-Mikati, HA
机构
[1] City Univ London, Dept Elect Elect & Informat Engn, London EC1V 0HB, England
[2] Mansoura Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Elect & Commun, Mansoura, Egypt
关键词
finite element method; optical waveguides; polarization conversion; vector beam propagation method;
D O I
10.1109/68.883825
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this letter, 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 mum, 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.
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页码:1346 / 1348
页数:3
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