Abstract
We propose an ultra-small polarization rotator based on a surface plasmon polariton phenomenon. Numerical simulations show that a 5-μm-long polarization rotator with extinction ratio better than −15 dB on the entire C-band is achievable.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Masa-aki Komatsu, Kunimasa Saitoh, Kuniaki Kakihara, and Masanori Koshiba
IMD5 Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPR) 2009
Masaaki KOMATSU, Kunimasa SAITOH, Kuniaki KAKIHARA, and Masanori KOSHIBA
IMC6 Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPR) 2008
Jing Zhang, Shiyang Zhu, Huijuan Zhang, Shiyi Chen, Guo-Qiang Lo, and Dim-Lee Kwong
OThM7 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2011