Polarization mode conversion in YIG rib waveguide

This paper describes the experimental results on the orthogonally polarized mode conversion in a YIG rib channel waveguide, in which a small magnetic field induced around the electrode deposited on the waveguide was used. The dependence of mode conversion efficiency on the coupling length and the effect of a d.c. bias field applied to the waveguide were investigated. The Faraday rotation angle of the fabricated YIG rib channel waveguide was found to be 160° cm^–1, which was a reasonable value compared with that in the YIG planar waveguide reported previously. Furthermore, an increase in conversion efficiency and a decrease in switching time were found in the presence of a d.c. magnetic bias field.     

Modelling of rib waveguide bends for sensor applications

Wave propagation through curved bends in integrated optical waveguides is governed by the evanescent field and the radiation loss of the eigenmodes. Since these parameters are influenced by the refractive index of the surrounding medium, circular bends in rib waveguides have been successfully employed as chemical sensors for liquids and gases. In this paper the electromagnetic field, the refractive index and the radiation loss of the eigenmodes are precisely determined by a fully vectorial approach based on the method of lines. An axial discretization and Bessel functions of complex order are employed for the rigorous computation of the evanescent field. The intensity distributions of the first modes in a rib waveguide are presented. The influence of the rib height on the sensitivity of the modal index to the refractive index of the surrounding medium is investigated. The results are useful for the optimization of the sensor design.     

Discrete spectral index method for rib waveguide analysis

It is shown in this paper that the analysis of rib waveguides by the spectral index method (Sl) is made easier and more convenient by using discrete Fourier series throughout. This produces total agreement with Sl and also enables extremely fast calculations of overlap integrals.     

聚合物Mach-Zehnder脊形波导的优化设计

利用变分有效折射率法计算了TE基模和高阶模的光场分布,计算结果表明,该方法计算量小,精度高,为聚合物集成光电子器件中脊形光波导的理论分析与优化设计提供了简单高效的途径。利用有限差分束传播法对Mach-Zehnder波导的传播及损耗特性进行了理论分析,得到了不同Y分支角、波导宽度、波导间距时波导传输功率与距离的关系,优化得到的结构参数为：Y分支角1.1°,脊宽5 μm,波导间距20 μm。     

聚合物Mach-Zehnder脊形波导的优化设计

 利用变分有效折射率法计算了TE基模和高阶模的光场分布,计算结果表明,该方法计算量小,精度高,为聚合物集成光电子器件中脊形光波导的理论分析与优化设计提供了简单高效的途径。利用有限差分束传播法对Mach-Zehnder波导的传播及损耗特性进行了理论分析,得到了不同Y分支角、波导宽度、波导间距时波导传输功率与距离的关系,优化得到的结构参数为：Y分支角1.1°,脊宽5 μm,波导间距20 μm。     

Broadband arrayed waveguide gratings on InP

Broadband arrayed waveguide gratings on InP are presented using a novel S-shape design. This design was utilized to accommodate the large free spectral range required for broadband operation. Four and eight channel AWGs with a wavelength channel spacing of 18 nm are discussed. The output peaks of the AWGs have a wide FWHM of 11 nm which provides insensitive operation to polarization, temperature fluctuations, and chromatic dispersion.     

Polarization insensitive hollow optical waveguide

A polarization insensitive hollow optical waveguide is proposed. The propagation characteristics of orthogonal polarizations in the hollow waveguide are effectively controlled in simulation to provide polarization insensitivity by tailoring the parameters associated with the two mirrors—a high-index contrast grating (HCG) mirror and a distributed Bragg reflecting (DBR) mirror, on either side of an air-core. The polarization insensitivity is evidenced by a low polarization dependence loss of 1.36 dB/cm and a low modal birefringence of 1.01 × 10^? 4.     

光子晶体平面波导与脊波导高效耦合技术的研究

利用一维变周期谐振腔阵列和非线性缓变边界，可以实现光波从脊波导到光子晶体平面波导 （PCW）的高效耦合.基于平面波展开法（PWE）和时域有限差分法（FDTD），深入分析和讨 论了普通脊波导、2D-PCW结构和本征模以及工作模式、缓变边界形状等对耦合效率的影响， 从而得出光波从脊波导到2D-PCW、再返回脊波导的统一图景.指出考虑模式转换和采用缓变 边界条件可以极大提高PCW与脊波导间的耦合效率.对PC-PW边界采用线性和非线性缓变结构 进行了仿真，讨论了边界缓变程度对耦合效率的影响.结果表明，采用模式耦合和PC-PW余弦 缓变边界时的耦合效率在较宽的带宽内超过了95%. 关键词： 光子晶体波导 脊波导 PWE FDTD 耦合边界     

Highly tolerant tunable waveguide polarization rotator scheme

Integrated polarization rotators are known to exhibit stringent fabrication tolerances, which severely handicap their practical application. Here we present a general polarization rotator scheme that enables both the compensation of fabrication errors and wavelength tunability. The scheme is described analytically, and a condition for perfect polarization conversion is established. Simulations of a silicon-on-insulator polarization rotator show polarization extinction ratios in excess of 40 dB even in the presence of large fabrication errors that in a conventional rotator configuration degrade the extinction ratio to below 5 dB. Additionally, wavelength tuning over ±30 nm is shown.     

Design for beam splitting components employing silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide structures

We present a new design for beam splitting components employing a silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide structures. In the new design, a high-index thin-film layer is deposited in the rib section to reduce the wave field dispersive tails in the slab section and accordingly render the mode field a confined spot. This in turn improves the beam splitting performance of some conventional waveguide components such as y branches and multimode interference couplers (MMICs), in terms of the excess loss, fiber coupling loss, and compactness of these components. For a 1 x 2 y-branch beam splitter, the excess loss can be as small as 0.43 dB in the new design, which is much lower than that for a conventional rib waveguide structure (which is 1.28 dB). For a 1 x 2 MMIC in our example, the new rib waveguide structure presents an excess loss of 0.064 dB for the TE mode and 0.046 dB for the TM mode, with negligible nonuniformity in dimensions of 30 microm x 1040 microm, whereas its counterpart (i.e., the one with the same dimensions but without a thin-film layer) presents an excess loss of approximately 0.86 dB for both modes. A conventional MMIC must have dimensions larger than 70 microm x 5650 microm to maintain almost the same low excess loss.     

Polarization behaviour of fibre waveguide couplers

In this paper a new analytic method is presented to determine the coupling parameters of single mode, fibre waveguide couplers for sensor applications. The method is based on the analysis of a coupling matrix whose elements represent the parameters which define a coupler configuration.On leave from Instytut Fizyki, Politechnika Warszawska, Warszawa, ul. Koszykowa 75, Poland.     

Low-loss compact-size slotted waveguide polarization rotator and transformer

Two mode-evolution-based low-loss compact-size integrated polarization rotators and transformers are presented. They are designed to fulfill the tasks of rotating mode polarizations between Gaussian-like strip waveguide modes and non-Gaussian-like slotted waveguide modes, as well as the mode transforming between horizontal and vertical slotted waveguides. Consisting of several adiabatic tapers, the presented devices can achieve complete polarization rotations and transformations between different classes of waveguide modes with a device length of tens of micrometers and with a negligible insertion loss.     

Frequency-selective microwave polarization rotator using substrate-integrated waveguide cavities

A frequency selective polarization rotator that can rotate the polarization angle of an incident electromagnetic wave at the microwave frequency by 45 is presented. The polarization rotator is based on a two-dimensional periodic array of substrate integrated waveguide cavities, realizing the polarization rotation by coupling the input signal to the output wave through three metallic slots. Two layers of frequency selective surfaces are cascaded by substrate and form the polarization rotator. A vertical slot on the top layer is used to select the horizontal polarization from the incident wave, the vertical and the horizontal slots on the bottom layer are, respectively, used to obtain horizontally and vertically polarized outgoing waves. The two orthogonal outgoing waves are combined to result in the 45~ polarized wave. Both full wave simulation and experimental measurement are carried out, together validating the proposed method.     

Hot-embossing fabrication of chalcogenide glasses rib waveguide for mid-infrared molecular sensing

Chalcogenide glasses have shown promise in fabricating mid infrared(MIR) photonic sensing devices due to their excellent optical properties in MIR. In addition, the glass transition temperature of chalcogenide glasses are generally low,making them ideal to create the high-throughput patterns of micro-scale structures based on hot embossing that is alternative to the standard lithographic technology. In this paper, we outline the research progress in the chalcogenide waveguide based on the hot embossing method, and discuss the problems remaining to be solved and the possible solutions.     

Integrated MQW intermixed InGaAsP/InP waveguide photodiodes

A multi-wavelength Quantum well (QW) waveguide photodiode (PD) have been designed for Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) systems in which spatial tailoring of the bandgap with post growth F implanted QW intermixing of InGaAsP/InP multi QWs for the integration have been considered. Two separate structures with different composition but same well widths are necessary to detect all CWDM wavelengths. For In_0.5995Ga_0.4005As_0.8521P_0.1479 well there is a 12 channel coverage from 1,270 to 1,490 nm and for the In_0.5540Ga_0.4460As_0.9489P_0.0511 well the 14 channel spans from 1,350 to 1,610 nm. A carrier tunneling time of 20 ps along with the transit time limited bandwidth of 86 GHz gives a 3 dB bandwidth of 41 GHz by optimizing the i-MQW thickness and dopant concentration of the different layers of the waveguide. A maximum efficiency of 22% with insertion loss of 0.4–23 dB has been obtained.     

Fabrication of sol-gel-derived optical waveguide on InP for hybridized photonics applications

In this paper, we report on the first successful fabrication, using spin-coating and low-temperature (200 °C) annealing, of organically modified sol-gel planar optical waveguides on InP substrates. Considering the fact that the sol-gel technique is simple and cheap, and III-V compound semiconductors are the essential substrate materials for manufacturing data communication devices, we believe that our demonstration of optical waveguiding in sol-gel-derived waveguides on III-V compound semoconductors is interesting. It opens the possibility of hybridizating traditional glass or optical-crystal-based integrated optics with III-V compound semiconductor-based optoelectronics. Received: 4 August1999 / Accepted: 6 August 1999 / Published online: 16 September 1999     

Single-mode rib polymer waveguides and electro-optic polymer waveguide switches

Mode-matching and effective index methods are used to analyze single-mode operation of optical rib polymer waveguides. Their single-mode waveguiding conditions are determined. Single-mode rib waveguides fabricated from guest–host polyetherketone are presented. The estimated propagation loss of straight rib-waveguides is 0.7 dB/cm at 1.55 μm. Furthermore, by using the mode field-transfer matrix method, 2×2 and 4×4 polymer Mach–Zehnder interference switch operating at 1.55 μm wavelength has been designed based on optical multi-mode interference.     

Optical design of bent rib waveguide with MOS cross-section

We provided a single-mode bent MOS-cross-section rib waveguide design with 0.9 dB/cm bending loss at 25 μm bending radius. The peak position for the TE-like mode was tuned to the gate oxide around which the maximum amount of free carriers are accumulated to optimize the free carrier dispersion effect.     

聚合物脊波导偏振特性

以有机聚合物脊波导为研究对象,采用半矢量有限差分光束传输法,系统地分析了不同脊高、脊宽和芯层厚度条件下对称脊波导的偏振特性,并在此基础上分析了非对称脊波导的偏振特性,研究了平板芯层短边宽度对偏振特性的影响。结果表明：非对称脊波导结构的引入对偏振特性影响较小,其双折射随平板芯层短边宽度的减小而减小。当脊高为1.3 m、平板芯层短边宽度为2.0 m时,非对称脊波导双折射能控制在可接受范围。