Title :
Waveguide optical polarisation splitter with Langmuir-Blodgett cladding layer
Author :
Mizumoto, Tetsuya ; Iwakiri, Naohiko ; Kaneko, Tetsuya ; Naito, Yuta
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
The waveguide-type optical polarisation splitter which uses the large birefringence of the Langmuir-Blodgett cladding layer is proposed. Characteristics of the polarisation splitter analysed by the beam propagation method are reported.
Keywords :
Langmuir-Blodgett films; birefringence; light polarisation; optical waveguide components; Langmuir-Blodgett cladding layer; beam propagation method; birefringence; optical polarisation splitter; waveguide-type;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910173
