Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 1, 011303(2024)

O-band reconfigurable silicon polarization rotator

Yawen Bai1,2, Pengfei Wang1,2, Bo Peng1,2, and Tao Chu3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi’an 710119, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    (a) Overall structure of a rotating device with reconfigurable polarization; (b) structure of the SPRS; (c) side view of the waveguide.
    (a) SPRS structural parameters and working principle; bilevel taper simulations and light-field diagrams of (b) TE and (c) TM; (d) bilevel taper loss at different slab widths (TE); (e) bilevel taper loss at different slab widths (TM).
    (a) SPRS simulation results and light-field diagram (TE); (b) SPRS simulation results and light-field diagram (TM); (c) SPRS loss at different slab thicknesses, and the spectroscopic ratio of port 1 and port 2 (TE); (d) SPRS loss at different slab thicknesses, and the spectroscopic ratio of port 1 and port 2 (TM); (e) reflection scene at Wg; (f) loss of Y-branches at different linewidths of Wg (TE); (g) loss of Y-branches at different linewidths of Wg (TM).
    Microscope scan of the device (a) with TE grating input and TM grating output; (b) with TM grating input and TE grating output; (c) with TE grating input and TE grating output; (d) with TM grating input and TM grating output; reference grating of (e) TE and (f) TM.
    (a) IL of TE–TE and PER of TE–TM; (b) IL of TM–TM and PER of TM–TE; (c) IL of TE–TM and PER of TE–TE; (d) IL of TM–TE and PER of TM–TM; voltage sweep curve of the devices with the reference gratings of (e) TE–TE; (f) TM–TM; (g) TE–TM; and (h) TM–TE.
    • Table 1. PSO Parameters for Bilevel Taper Devices

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      Table 1. PSO Parameters for Bilevel Taper Devices

       W0W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
      Ridge (nm)400439475509540570598625651676700
      Slab (nm)40073896311451302144215701688179819022000
    • Table 2. Comparison of the Silicon-Based O-band Polarization-Treating Devices

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      Table 2. Comparison of the Silicon-Based O-band Polarization-Treating Devices

      ReferenceTypeIL (dB)PER (dB)Bandwidth (nm)Linewidth (nm)Reconfigurable
      [3]PSR3141260-1360200No
      [4]PSR1201260–1310140No
      [5]PBS2.22101280–1360; 1510–1590100No
      [6]PBS0.810.91260–1360; 1480–1640100No
      This workPR1.5151280–1340140Yes
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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Apr. 22, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2023

    Posted: Sep. 18, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 22, 2024

    The Author Email: Tao Chu (chutao@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.011303

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