Title :
Gold wire-grid grating used as polarizing beam splitter
Author :
Cao, Hongchao ; Zhou, Changhe ; Feng, Jijun ; Lv, Peng
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We investigated the use of Au wire-grid as the high efficient polarizing beam splitter (PBS). To achieve high extinction ratio and diffraction efficiency, the grating depth and period are optimized by using the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA).
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; optical beam splitters; Au; diffraction efficiency; gold wire-grid grating; high extinction ratio; polarizing beam splitter; rigorous coupled-wave analysis; Coatings; Diffraction gratings; Electromagnetic diffraction; Extinction ratio; Gold; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical beam splitting; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber communication; Optical polarization; PBS; RCWA; grating;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292250
