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Proposal for a simple polarization converter based on integrated optical ion exchanged waveguide

Proposal for a simple polarization converter based on integrated optical ion exchanged waveguide
Proposal for a simple polarization converter based on integrated optical ion exchanged waveguide
A simple, compact, low-cost electro-optic polarization converter based on a nematic liquid crystal (LC) sandwiched between two ion-exchanged glass channel waveguides is proposed. A three-dimensional (3D) fully-vectorial (FV) finite difference beam propagation method (FDBPM) is used to simulate this optical device. The performance of the proposed polarization converter is analyzed numerically at zero and 5 V applied voltage for the case of strong anchoring of LC molecules to the surface of the waveguide. The polarization conversion efficiency is ~65% at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The total length of the directional coupler structure based converter is only 724 µm.
9781849193146
441-444
Wang, Pengfei
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Semenova, Y.
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Wu, Qiang
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Zheng, Jie
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Wang, Pengfei, Brambilla, G., Semenova, Y., Wu, Qiang, Zheng, Jie and Farrell, G. (2010) Proposal for a simple polarization converter based on integrated optical ion exchanged waveguide. 9th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2010), Nanjing, China. 24 - 27 Oct 2010. pp. 441-444 . (doi:10.1049/cp.2010.1246).

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A simple, compact, low-cost electro-optic polarization converter based on a nematic liquid crystal (LC) sandwiched between two ion-exchanged glass channel waveguides is proposed. A three-dimensional (3D) fully-vectorial (FV) finite difference beam propagation method (FDBPM) is used to simulate this optical device. The performance of the proposed polarization converter is analyzed numerically at zero and 5 V applied voltage for the case of strong anchoring of LC molecules to the surface of the waveguide. The polarization conversion efficiency is ~65% at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The total length of the directional coupler structure based converter is only 724 µm.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2010
Venue - Dates: 9th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2010), Nanjing, China, 2010-10-24 - 2010-10-27

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Local EPrints ID: 193383
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/193383
ISBN: 9781849193146
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ORCID for G. Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Author: Pengfei Wang
Author: G. Brambilla ORCID iD
Author: Y. Semenova
Author: Qiang Wu
Author: Jie Zheng
Author: G. Farrell

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