• DocumentCode
    1176802
  • Title

    Large-aperture wide field of view optical circulators

  • Author

    Roth, J.M. ; Bland, R.E. ; Libby, S.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    2128
  • Lastpage
    2130
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a free-space optical circulator for large-aperture directional beam separation at 1.55 μm. The devices utilize a magnetless Faraday rotator and polymer true zero-order wave-plate to enable an 11-mm clear aperture, high-power handling up to 100 W/cm2, and a /spl plusmn/10/spl deg/ field of view.
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; optical circulators; optical polymers; optical retarders; free-space optical circulators; large-aperture directional beam separation; magnetless Faraday rotator; polymer true zero-order wave-plate; Apertures; Circulators; Optical beams; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Optical polymers; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical retarders; Optical transmitters; Faraday effect; nonreciprocal wave propagation; optical beam splitting; optical circulators; optical communication; optical isolators; optical propagation in anisotropic media;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2005.856394
  • Filename
    1512295
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1176802