• DocumentCode
    733727
  • Title

    Optofluidic polarization beam splitter

  • Author

    Yang Liu ; Lei Shi ; Xudong Fan ; Xinliang Zhang

  • Author_Institution
    Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An efficient polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on a silica microcapillary is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. This PBS relies on the inherent-geometry-induced birefringence. A maximum extinction ratio of up to 25 dB is achieved.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; micro-optics; optical beam splitters; optical polarisers; SiO2; inherent-geometry-induced birefringence; maximum extinction ratio; optofluidic polarization beam splitter; silica microcapillary; Erbium; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical ring resonators; Photonics; Silicon compounds; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184169