Experimental demonstration of a tunable transverse electric pass polarizer based on hybrid VO2/silicon technology

A tunable transverse electric (TE) pass polarizer is demonstrated based on hybrid vanadium dioxide/silicon (VO2/Si) technology. The 20-μm-long TE pass polarizer exploits the phase transition of the active VO2 material to control the rejection of the unwanted transverse magnetic (TM) polarization. The device features insertion losses below 1 dB at static conditions and insertion losses of 5.5 dB and an attenuation of TM polarization of 19 dB in the active state for a wavelength range between 1540 nm and 1570 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that tunable polarizers compatible with Si photonics are demonstrated.

Jaar van publicatie:2018

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BOF-publication weight:3

CSS-citation score:2

Auteurs:International

Authors from:Higher Education

Toegankelijkheid:Closed