Integrated microring resonator and waveguide polarizers based on partially photo-reduced 2D graphene oxide thin films
arXiv:2503.02287 · doi:10.29026/oes.2025.240032
Abstract
Optical polarizers, which selectively transmit light with specific polarization states, are essential components in modern optical systems. Here, we experimentally demonstrate integrated waveguide and microring resonator (MRR) polarizers incorporating reduced graphene oxide (rGO). 2D graphene oxide (GO) films are integrated onto silicon photonic devices with precise control over their thicknesses and sizes, followed by GO reduction via two different methods including uniform thermal reduction and localized photothermal reduction. We measure devices with different lengths, thicknesses, and reduction degrees of the GO films. The results show that the devices with rGO exhibit better performance than those with GO, achieving a polarization-dependent loss of ~47 dB and a polarization extinction ratio of ~16 dB for the hybrid waveguides and MRRs with rGO, respectively. By fitting the experimental results with theory, it is found that rGO exhibits more significant anisotropy in loss, with an anisotropy ratio over 4 times that of GO. In addition, rGO shows higher thermal stability and greater robustness to photothermal reduction than GO. These results highlight the strong potential of rGO films for implementing high-performance polarization selective devices in integrated photonic platforms.
41 pages, 7 figures, 174 references
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