Title :
Inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures for the excitation of single hollow waveguide modes
Author :
Niv, Avi ; Yirmiyahu, Yaniv ; Biener, Gabriel ; Kleiner, Vladimir ; Hasman, Erez
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng. & Russel Berrie Nanotechnol. Inst., Micro & Nano-optics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We propose a general approach for coupling a free space uniformly polarized beam to a desired hollow waveguide mode, thus enabling a single mode operation. Required polarization manipulations are achieved by inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures.
Keywords :
laser beams; light polarisation; optical waveguides; free space uniformly polarized beam; inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures; polarization manipulation; single hollow waveguide mode excitation; single mode operation; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Hollow waveguides; Holographic optical components; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; (050.2770) Gratings; (050.4865) Optical vortices; (060.2390) Fiber optics, infrared; (230.3990) Micro-optical devices; (230.5440) Polarization sensitive devices; (260.5430) Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
