Fabrication of ultra-thin optical polarizing films consisting of stretched multilayers of gold island films

Author

Baba, Kazutaka ; Takakuwa, Makoto ; Miyagi, Mitsunobu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

234

Abstract

A thin type of optical polarizer is becoming one of the most useful optical components for fiber-embedded in-line optical devices or hybrid integrated optics from those low diffraction loss. Recently, we proposed and demonstrated a new type of ultra thin-size optical polarizing films consisting of the periodic multilayers of anisotropic metal island films and dielectric films prepared by using a stretching process. In this paper, we report the optimum fabrication conditions and measured optical characteristics of the polarizing films in a near-infrared wavelength region.

Keywords

discontinuous metallic thin films; gold; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical films; optical polarisers; 0.2 mum; Au; Au island film; anisotropic metal island films; dielectric films; fiber-embedded in-line optical devices; gold island films; hybrid integrated optics; low diffraction loss; measured optical characteristics; near-infrared wavelength region; optical components; optical polarizer; optimum fabrication conditions; periodic multilayers; polarizing films; stretched multilayers; stretching process; ultra thin-size optical polarizing films; ultra-thin optical polarizing film fabrication; Dielectric thin films; Geometrical optics; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571639

Filename

571639