Integrated on-chip polarizer
US9746609B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12116
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A low loss high extinction ratio on-chip polarizer is disclosed. The polarizer is formed of a mode convertor followed by a mode squeezer and a dump waveguide, and may be configured to pass a desired waveguide mode and reject undesired modes. An embodiment is described that transmits a TE0 mode while blocking a TM0 mode by converting the TM0 mode into a higher-order TEn mode in a waveguide taper, squeezing out the TEn mode in a second waveguide taper to lessen its confinement, and then dumping the TEn mode in a waveguide bend that is configured to pass the TE0 mode.
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