Ultracompact Photonic Coupling Splitters Twisted by PTT Nanowires

Xiaobo Xing, Heng Zhu, Yuqing Wang and Baojun Li*
State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Nano Lett., 2008, 8 (9), pp 2839–2843
DOI: 10.1021/nl8014507
Publication Date (Web): August 15, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society
* Corresponding author. E-mail: stslbj@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

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We report a series of ultracompact photonic coupling splitters with multi-input/output ports assembled by twisting flexible polymer nanowires, which were fabricated by one-step drawing method from poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT). Experimental demonstration shows that the properties of the splitters are dependent on the operation wavelength and the input branch of the optical signal launched. For a fixed operation wavelength and the input branch, desirable splitting ratio can be tuned by controlling the input/output branching angle. The excess loss of these splitters is less than 1 dB, and the intrinsic loss is less than 0.4 dB. They are desirable for high density photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and nanonetworks, while the twisting technology will be useful in constructing other wire-based photonic devices.

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  • Published In Issue September 10, 2008
  • Article ASAPAugust 15, 2008
  • Received: May 21, 2008
    Revised: July 17, 2008

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