Affiliation:
1. Henan Normal University
Abstract
Abstract
To improve the extinction ratio of a polarization beam splitter, we propose a dual-slot ultra-compact polarization splitter (PBS) consisting of a hybrid plasma horizontal slot waveguide (HSW) and silicon nitride hybrid vertical slot waveguide (VSW). At the same time, the coating material is silicon dioxide, which can not only prevent the oxidation of the mixed plasma but also facilitate the integration with other devices. The mode characteristics of the HSW and VSW are simulated by using the finite element method (FEM). At suitable HSW and VSW widths, the TE polarization modes in HSW and VSW are phase-matched, while the TM polarization modes are phase mismatched. Therefore, the TE mode in HSW waveguide is strongly coupled with VSW waveguide by adopting a dual-slot, while the TM mode directly passes through the HSW waveguide. The results show that PBS achieves an extinction ratio (ER) of 35.1 dB and insertion loss (IL) of 0.34 dB for TE mode at 1.55 µm, For TM mode, PBS reached 40.9 dB for ER and 2.65 dB for IL. The proposed PBS is designed with 100 nm bandwidth, high ER, and low IL, which can be suitable for photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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