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Title: Mode-evolution-based ultra-broadband polarization beam splitter using adiabatically tapered extreme skin-depth waveguide

We present an ultra-broadband silicon photonic polarization beam splitter (PBS) using adiabatically tapered extreme skin-depth (eskid) waveguides. Highly anisotropic metamaterial claddings of the eskid waveguides suppress the crosstalk of transverse-electric (TE) mode, while the large birefringence of the eskid waveguide efficiently cross-couples the transverse-magnetic (TM) mode. Two eskid waveguides are adiabatically tapered to smoothly translate TM mode to the coupled port via mode evolution while keeping the TE mode in the through port. The tapered cross-section of the eskid PBS was designed numerically, achieving a large bandwidth at 1400–1650 nm with extinction ratios><#comment/>20dB. We experimentally demonstrated the tapered-eskid PBS and confirmed its broad bandwidth at 1490–1640 nm, limited by laser bandwidth. With its mode evolution, the tapered-eskid PBS is tolerant to fabrication imperfections and should be crucial for controlling polarizations in photonic circuits.

 
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Award ID(s):
1930784
NSF-PAR ID:
10306572
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optical Society of America
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Letters
Volume:
46
Issue:
18
ISSN:
0146-9592; OPLEDP
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Article No. 4490
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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