Title :
Chiral gratings in optical fiber
Author :
Kopp, Victor I. ; Churikov, Victor M. ; Singer, Jonathan ; Chao, Norman ; Neugroschi, D. ; Genack, Azriel Z.
Author_Institution :
Chiral Photonics, Inc., Clifton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A novel means of implementing periodicity into a glass fiber, which allows for polarization as well as wavelength selectivity is investigated. Three types of polarization sensitive chiral fiber gratings are studied: (1) chiral long-period gratings (CLPGs) which resonantly couple core modes to copropagating cladding optical modes, (2) nonresonant chiral intermediate-period gratings (CIPGs) which scatter light out of the core, and (3) resonant chiral short-period gratings (CSPGs) which reflect light within the fiber core. Each of these gratings interacts only with circularly polarized light with the same handedness as the grating and freely transmits light of the orthogonal polarization.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light reflection; light scattering; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; optical glass; SiO2; chiral long-period gratings; copropagating cladding optical modes; core modes; glass fiber; nonresonant chiral intermediate-period gratings; optical fiber; polarization; resonant chiral short-period gratings; wavelength selectivity; Fiber gratings; Glass; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Resonance light scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363439
