Abstract
Propagation constants, attenuation, and field distributions of optical modes in dielectric waveguides clad by a thin metal layer are calculated. It is shown that by reducing the metal thickness, the attenuation of optical modes reduces in such a way that short metal-clad devices become possible even in thin guides with thicknesses near cutoff. As an application, a cutoff polarizer in symmetrical waveguides has been built by depositing a small thin silver stripe on the surface of the guide. By this structure the TE <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf> mode is coupled out into the substrate, whereas the TM <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf> mode is transmitted with very low losses. The best extinction ratio measured is 18 dB. The polarizer can be used as a TE <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf> mode coupler into symmetrical waveguides as well.
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