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Ultra-short and broadband polarization splitter based on PCF and metal surface plasmons resonance

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An ultra-short and broadband polarization splitter based on PCF and metal surface plasmons resonance is proposed by designing a new structure and filling gold wire into certain air holes. The introducing of gold wire aims to couple with the basic modes. Then high birefringence is obtained to improve the splitter’s performances including length, bandwidth and maximal extinction ratio. The numerical results demonstrate that the splitter can be the shortest length of 100 μm (to our knowledge) and the broad bandwidth is 470 nm simultaneously. And when the splitter’s length is set as 104 μm, the widest bandwidth reaches the maximum 575 nm (to our knowledge) which covers almost all the E, S, C, L, and U communication band. In addition, the structure is relatively simple, so it is easy to fabricate using available methods. These properties will help designing splitter in the optical communication and sensing system.

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The National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61405172 and 61640408) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. F2018203346).

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    Xing-Tao Zhao, Lu Hua, Qiang Xiong, Guo-Hui Jiang & Ji-Rui Cheng

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Zhao, XT., Hua, L., Xiong, Q. et al. Ultra-short and broadband polarization splitter based on PCF and metal surface plasmons resonance. Opt Quant Electron 51, 162 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-019-1884-y

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