Title :
Space-variant polarization manipulation of a thermal emission by a SiO2 subwavelength grating supporting surface phonon-polariton
Author :
Hasman, Erez ; Dahan, Nir ; Niv, Avi ; Biener, Gabriel ; Kleiner, Vladimir
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Space-variant polarization manipulation of thermal emission in a narrow spectral-peak is presented. The emission is attributed to surface phonon-polariton excitation from space-variant subwavelength SiO2 gratings. We experimentally demonstrated thermal emission in an axially symmetric polarization distribution.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light polarisation; polaritons; silicon compounds; surface phonons; SiO2; axial symmetric polarization distribution; space-variant polarization; subwavelength grating; surface phonon-polariton; thermal emission; Etching; Gratings; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Reflectivity; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201949