Implementation of polarization rotation using microring resonator and its application to design all-optical switch

Abstract

A compact microring resonator (MRR) and its implementation for polarization rotation-based all-optical switching are proposed. The polarization rotation has been achieved by enhancing geometry-induced birefringence of the device and with the insertion of polarization rotator in the race-track-shaped MRR. The proposed device has been modeled using Jones matrix and the finite-difference time-domain simulation method. The insertion loss and the extinction ratio have been found to be −0.13 and 19.39 dB, respectively.