• DocumentCode
    643233
  • Title

    Quarter wave retarders for optical communications

  • Author

    Habli, M.A. ; ElSayad, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Lebanese Int. Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    2-5 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the design of quarter-wave retarders for the C and the L bands using two perpendicular reflective metals coated with a single layer thin film. The overall reflection of 81% is achieved for the quarter-wave retarder.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; thin films; C band; L band; optical communication; perpendicular reflective metal; quarter wave retarder; single layer thin film; Coatings; L-band; Metals; Optical films; Optical polarization; Reflection; C-band; L-band; Phase retardance; perpendicular metals; single-layer coating;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2013 13th Mediterranean
  • Conference_Location
    Saida
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMS.2013.6663069
  • Filename
    6663069