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Adiabatic/diabatic polarization beam splitter

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OSTI ID:1389858

The various presented herein relate to an on-chip polarization beam splitter (PBS), which is adiabatic for the transverse magnetic (TM) mode and diabatic for the transverse electric (TE) mode. The PBS comprises a through waveguide and a cross waveguide, wherein an electromagnetic beam comprising TE mode and TM mode components is applied to an input port of the through waveguide. The PBS can be utilized to separate the TE mode component from the TM mode component, wherein the TE mode component exits the PBS via an output port of the through waveguide, and the TM mode component exits the PBS via an output port of the cross waveguide. The PBS has a structure that is tolerant to manufacturing variations and exhibits high polarization extinction ratios over a wide bandwidth.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
Patent Number(s):
9,759,862
Application Number:
15/289,608
OSTI ID:
1389858
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Four-port integrated polarizing beam splitter journal January 2014
Ultra compact 45 GHz CMOS compatible Germanium waveguide photodiode with low dark current journal January 2011
Silicon photonics platform for national security applications conference March 2015

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