Fabrication-tolerant integrated polarisation splitter based on cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometers

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2013V043N12ABEH015300· OSTI ID:22373655

Koshelev, A Yu; Gol'tsov, A Yu ^[1]

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1. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region (Russian Federation)

We report a fabrication-tolerant polarisation splitter based on cascaded Mach – Zehnder interferometers. This configuration enables a factor of 2 – 3 increase (at the 20 dB level) in the tolerance to the phase difference in comparison with a single interferometer. As an example, we present numerical simulation of a splitter with a centre wavelength of 650 nm, based on a planar waveguide from Si{sub 3}N{sub 4}. The permissible channel waveguide width deviation from calculation results (20-dB extinction coefficient bandwidth) is ∼8% (∼30 nm) for the TE polarisation and ∼30% (100 nm) for the TM polarisation. (fiber and integrated optics)

• OSTI ID: 22373655
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 43, Issue 12; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER
POLARIZATION
SILICON NITRIDES
WAVEGUIDES