Please wait a minute...
Chin. Phys. B, 2023, Vol. 32(6): 064208    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac960b
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Compact TE-pass polarizer based on lithium-niobate-on-insulator assisted by indium tin oxide and silicon nitride

Jia-Min Liu(刘家敏) and De-Long Zhang(张德龙)
Department of Opto-electronics and Information Engineering, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology(Ministry of Education), and Key Laboratory of Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems(MOEMS) Technology(Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Abstract  An indium tin oxide (ITO) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) assisted compact TE-pass waveguide polarizer based on lithium-niobate-on-insulator is proposed and numerically analyzed. By properly designing the ITO and Si3N4 assisted structure and utilizing the epsilon-near-zero effect of ITO, the TM mode is strongly confined in the ITO layer with extremely high loss, while the TE mode is hardly affected and passes through the waveguide with low loss. The simulation results show that the polarizer has an extinction ratio of 22.5 dB and an insertion loss of 0.8 dB at the wavelength of 1.55 μm, and has an operating bandwidth of about 125 nm (from 1540 nm to 1665 nm) for an extinction ratio of >20 dB and an insertion loss of <0.95 dB. Moreover, the proposed device exhibits large fabrication tolerances. More notably, the device is compact, with a length of only 7.5 μm, and is appropriate for on-chip applications.
Keywords:  polarizer      lithium-niobate-on-insulator      integrated optics devices      optical waveguide  
Received:  25 April 2022      Revised:  25 September 2022      Accepted manuscript online:  29 September 2022
PACS:  42.82.-m (Integrated optics)  
  42.79.Ci (Filters, zone plates, and polarizers)  
  42.25.Ja (Polarization)  
  42.82.Et (Waveguides, couplers, and arrays)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61875148).
Corresponding Authors:  De-Long Zhang     E-mail:  dlzhang@tju.edu.cn

Cite this article: 

Jia-Min Liu(刘家敏) and De-Long Zhang(张德龙) Compact TE-pass polarizer based on lithium-niobate-on-insulator assisted by indium tin oxide and silicon nitride 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 064208

[1] Zhu D, Shao L, Yu M, Cheng R, Desiatov B, Xin C J, Hu Y, Holzgrafe J, Ghosh S, Shams Ansari A, Puma E, Sinclair N, Reimer C, Zhang M and Lončar M2021 Adv. Opt. Photon. 13 242
[2] Wang Z, Fang Z, Liu Z, Chu W, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Wu R, Wang M, Lu T and Cheng Y2021 Opt. Lett. 46 380
[3] Wang C, Zhang M, Chen X, Bertrand M, Shams-Ansari A, Chandrasekhar S, Winzer P and Lončar M2018 Nature 562 101
[4] Yang F, Fang X, Chen X, Zhu L, Zhang F, Chen Z and Li Y2022 Chin. Opt. Lett. 20 022502
[5] Cai L T, Mahmoud A, Khan M, Mahmoud M, Mukherjee T, Bain J and Piazza G2019 Photon. Res. 7 1003
[6] Tian X H, Zhou W, Ren K Q, Zhang C, Liu X, Xue G T, Duan J C, Cai X, Hu X, Gong Y X, Xie Z and Zhu S N2021 Chin. Opt. Lett. 19 060015
[7] Xue G T, Tian X H, Zhang C, Xie Z, Xu P, Gong Y X and Zhu S N2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 110313
[8] Ge D H, Zhou Y J, Lv M C, Shi J K, Babangida A A, Zhang L Q and Zhu S N2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 44102
[9] Cortes Herrera L, He X, Cardenas J and Agrawal G P2021 Opt. Express 29 44174
[10] Xu Q, Chen F, Xue S D, Liu J M, Zhang D L and Hua P R2022 Phys. E 136 115028
[11] Zhang L, Zhang L, Fu X and Yang L2020 IEEE Photonics J. 12 1
[12] Deng C, Lu M, Sun Y, Huang L, Wang D, Hu G, Zhang R, Yun B and Cui Y2021 Opt. Express 29 11627
[13] Chen Z, Yang J, Wong W H, Pun E Y B and Wang C2021 Photon. Res. 9 2319
[14] Saitoh E, Kawaguchi Y, Saitoh K and Koshiba M2013 IEEE Photon. J. 5 6600610
[15] Liu Y, Huang X, Li Z, Kuang Y, Guan H, Wei Q, Fan Z and Li Z2020 Opt. Lett. 45 4915
[16] Yu W, Dai S, Zhao Q, Li J and Liu J2019 Opt. Express 27 34857
[17] Dai S, Yu W, Zhao Y, Li M, Li J, Zhang Z and Liu J2021 IEEE Photon. J. 13 1
[18] Wu J, Xie Z T, Sha Y, Fu H Y and Li Q2021 Photon. Res. 9 1616
[19] Liu X, Zang K, Kang J H, Park J, Harris J S, Kik P G and Brongersma M L2018 ACS Photon. 5 4484
[20] Lee H W, Papadakis G, Burgos S P, Chander K, Kriesch A, Pala R, Peschel U and Atwater H A2014 Nano Lett. 14 6463
[21] Capretti A, Wang Y, Engheta N and Dal Negro L2015 Opt. Lett. 40 1500
[22] Jiang X, Lu H, Li Q, Zhou H, Zhang S and Zhang H2018 Nanophotonics 7 1835
[23] Almeida V R, Xu Q, Barrios C A and Lipson M2004 Opt. Lett. 29 1209
[24] Hu C, Pan A, Li T, Wang X, Liu Y, Tao S, Zeng C and Xia J2021 Opt. Express 29 5397
[25] Wang Y, Chen Z and Hu H2018 Crystals 8 191
[26] Malitson I H1965 J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55 1205
[27] Luke K, Okawachi Y, Lamont M R E, Gaeta A L and Lipson M2015 Opt. Lett. 40 4823
[28] Zelmon D E, Small D L and Jundt D1997 J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14 3319
[29] Zhu Z and Brown T G2002 Opt. Express 10 853
[30] Zafar H, Moreira P, Taha A M, Paredes B, Dahlem M S and Khilo A2018 Opt. Express 26 31850
[31] Sullivan D M2000 Electromagnetic simulation using the FDTD method (New York: IEEE Press)
[1] Second harmonic generation from precise diamond blade diced ridge waveguides
Hui Xu(徐慧), Ziqi Li(李子琦), Chi Pang(逄驰), Rang Li(李让), Genglin Li(李庚霖), Sh. Akhmadaliev, Shengqiang Zhou(周生强), Qingming Lu(路庆明), Yuechen Jia(贾曰辰), and Feng Chen(陈峰). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(9): 094209.
[2] Design optimization of broadband extreme ultraviolet polarizer in high-dimensional objective space
Shang-Qi Kuang(匡尚奇), Bo-Chao Li(李博超), Yi Wang(王依), Xue-Peng Gong(龚学鹏), and Jing-Quan Lin(林景全). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(7): 077802.
[3] Optical properties of He+-implanted and diamond blade-diced terbium gallium garnet crystal planar and ridge waveguides
Jia-Li You(游佳丽), Yu-Song Wang(王雨松), Tong Wang(王彤), Li-Li Fu(付丽丽), Qing-Yang Yue(岳庆炀), Xiang-Fu Wang(王祥夫), Rui-Lin Zheng(郑锐林), and Chun-Xiao Liu(刘春晓). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(11): 114203.
[4] Design and fabrication of GeAsSeS chalcogenide waveguides with thermal annealing
Limeng Zhang(张李萌), Jinbo Chen(陈锦波), Jierong Gu(顾杰荣), Yixiao Gao(高一骁), Xiang Shen(沈祥), Yimin Chen(陈益敏), and Tiefeng Xu(徐铁峰). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(3): 034210.
[5] Bidirectional highly-efficient quantum routing in a T-bulge-shaped waveguide
Jia-Hao Zhang(张家豪), Da-Yong He(何大永), Gang-Yin Luo(罗刚银), Bi-Dou Wang(王弼陡), and Jin-Song Huang(黄劲松). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(3): 034204.
[6] Effect of dark soliton on the spectral evolution of bright soliton in a silicon-on-insulator waveguide
Zhen Liu(刘振), Wei-Guo Jia(贾维国), Hong-Yu Wang(王红玉), Yang Wang(汪洋), Neimule Men-Ke(门克内木乐), Jun-Ping Zhang(张俊萍). Chin. Phys. B, 2020, 29(6): 064212.
[7] Propagation characteristics of parallel dark solitons in silicon-on-insulator waveguide
Zhen Liu(刘振), Weiguo Jia(贾维国), Yang Wang(汪洋), Hongyu Wang(王红玉), Neimule Men-Ke(门克内木乐), Jun-Ping Zhang(张俊萍). Chin. Phys. B, 2020, 29(1): 014203.
[8] Extraordinary transmission and reflection in PT-symmetric two-segment-connected triangular optical waveguide networks with perfect and broken integer waveguide length ratios
Jia-Ye Wu(吴嘉野), Xu-Hang Wu(吴栩航), Xiang-Bo Yang(杨湘波), Hai-Ying Li(李海盈). Chin. Phys. B, 2019, 28(10): 104208.
[9] Tunable wavelength filters using polymer long-period waveguide gratings based on metal-cladding directly defined technique
Ji-Hou Wang(王继厚), Chang-Ming Chen(陈长鸣), Yang Zheng(郑洋), Xi-Bin Wang(王希斌), Yun-Ji Yi(衣云骥), Xiao-Qiang Sun(孙小强), Fei Wang(王菲), Da-Ming Zhang(张大明). Chin. Phys. B, 2017, 26(2): 024212.
[10] All polymer asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer waveguide sensor by imprinting bonding and laser polishing
Yu Liu(刘豫), Yue Sun(孙月), Yun-Ji Yi(衣云骥), Liang Tian(田亮), Yue Cao(曹悦), Chang-Ming Chen(陈长鸣), Xiao-Qiang Sun(孙小强), Da-Ming Zhang(张大明). Chin. Phys. B, 2017, 26(12): 124215.
[11] Two waveguide layers in lithium niobate crystal formed by swift heavy Kr ion irradiation
Liu Tao (刘涛), Huang Qing (黄庆), Zhao Jin-Hua (赵金花), Kong Wei-Jin (孔伟金), Liu Peng (刘鹏), Zhang Lian (张连), Zhou Yu-Fan (周育范), Yu Xiao-Fei (于晓飞), Wang Lei (王磊), Wang Xue-Lin (王雪林). Chin. Phys. B, 2015, 24(5): 056102.
[12] Switching and Fano resonance via exciton-plasmon interaction
Li Jian-Bo (李建波), He Meng-Dong (贺梦冬), Wang Xin-Jun (王新军), Peng Xiao-Fang (彭小芳), Chen Li-Qun (陈丽群). Chin. Phys. B, 2014, 23(6): 067302.
[13] Multi-band circular polarizer based on a twisted triplesplit-ring resonator
Wu Song (吴松), Huang Xiao-Jun (黄晓俊), Xiao Bo-Xun (肖柏勋), Jin Yan (金彦), Yang He-Lin (杨河林). Chin. Phys. B, 2014, 23(12): 127805.
[14] High efficiency grating couplers based on shared process with CMOS MOSFETs
Qiu Chao (仇超), Sheng Zhen (盛振), Li Le (李乐), Albert Pang (彭树根), Wu Ai-Min (武爱民), Wang Xi (王曦), Zou Shi-Chang (邹世昌), Gan Fu-Wan (甘甫烷). Chin. Phys. B, 2013, 22(2): 024212.
[15] Rotating polarizer, compensator, and analyzer ellipsometry
Sofyan A. Taya, Taher M. El-Agez, Anas A. Alkanoo. Chin. Phys. B, 2013, 22(12): 120703.
No Suggested Reading articles found!