• DocumentCode
    1771622
  • Title

    Optical activity enhanced by orbital angular momentum resonances in helically twisted PCF

  • Author

    Wong, G.K.L. ; Xi, X.M. ; Weiss, T. ; Russell, Philip St.J

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that twisted solid-core PCF develops strongly enhanced optical activity and circular dichroism in the vicinity of orbital angular momentum resonances in the cladding. It may be used as a circular polarizer.
  • Keywords
    angular momentum; circular dichroism; holey fibres; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; optical rotation; photonic crystals; circular dichroism; circular polarizer; cladding; helically twisted PCF; orbital angular momentum resonances; strongly enhanced optical activity; twisted solid-core PCF; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Physical optics; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989526