Wavelength-Tunable Electro-optic Polarization Conversion in Birefringent Waveguides

We analyze wavelength tunable, electro-optic polarization conversion in a birefringent waveguide accomplished with a multiple cascade of alternating TE-->TM mode converter and TE/TM phase shifter sections. The polarization converter requires only two independent drive voltages and provides arbitrary polarization transformations from any general input polarization to any desired output polarization with simultaneous wavelength tunability.