Abstract

In this Letter, a polarization-insensitive high-order mode pass filter is presented, designed, and experimentally demonstrated. When TE₀, TM₀, TE₁, and TM₁ modes are injected into the input port, TM₀ and TE₀ modes are filtered, and TE₁ and TM₁ modes exit from the output port. To attain compactness, broad bandwidth, low insertion loss, excellent extinction ratio, and polarization-insensitive property, the finite difference time domain method and direct-binary-search or particle swarm optimization algorithm are employed for the optimization of structural parameters of the photonic crystal region and the coupling region in the tapered coupler. Measurement results reveal that, for the fabricated filter working at TE polarization, the extinction ratio and insertion loss are 20.42 and 0.32 dB at 1550 nm. In the case of TM polarization, the corresponding extinction ratio and insertion loss are 21.43 and 0.30 dB. Within a bandwidth from 1520 to 1590 nm, insertion loss smaller than 0.86 dB and extinction ratio larger than 16.80 dB are obtained for the fabricated filter working at TE polarization, while in the case of TM polarization, insertion loss lower than 0.79 dB and extinction ratio greater than 17.50 dB are realized.

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