Inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures for the excitation of single hollow waveguide modes

Author

Niv, Avi ; Yirmiyahu, Yaniv ; Biener, Gabriel ; Kleiner, Vladimir ; Hasman, Erez

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. Eng. & Russel Berrie Nanotechnol. Inst., Micro & Nano-optics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We propose a general approach for coupling a free space uniformly polarized beam to a desired hollow waveguide mode, thus enabling a single mode operation. Required polarization manipulations are achieved by inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures.

Keywords

laser beams; light polarisation; optical waveguides; free space uniformly polarized beam; inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures; polarization manipulation; single hollow waveguide mode excitation; single mode operation; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Hollow waveguides; Holographic optical components; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; (050.2770) Gratings; (050.4865) Optical vortices; (060.2390) Fiber optics, infrared; (230.3990) Micro-optical devices; (230.5440) Polarization sensitive devices; (260.5430) Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571567