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Polarization Splitter Made of the Side-Polished Fiber Coupler Including a thin Metal Intermediate Layer  

김광택 (호남대학교 광전자공학과)
이준옥 (호남대학교 광전자공학과)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD / v.40, no.9, 2003 , pp. 651-657 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have demonstrated an in-line polarization splitter based on a side-polished fiber coupler including a thin metal intermediate layer. The experimental results revealed that the metal layer with proper thickness prevents TE polarization component from optical coupling between two contacted side-polished fibers, whereas it allows TM polarization component to the coupling. The design and fabrication techniques about the polarization splitter exploiting the side-polished fibers have been presented. The fabricated polarization splitter exhibited 18dB and 23dB of isolation ratio for TE polarization and TM polarization, respectively. The measured insertion loss for TE and TM polarization was 0.7dB and 1.3dB, respectively.
Keywords
polarization splitter; side-polished fiber; coupler; metal layer;
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