Nanosized quarter-wave retarder based on fractal anisotropic multilayer structures

Author

Zhukovsky, Sergei V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Molecular & Atomic Phys., Minsk, Belarus

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

29 June-3 July 2003

Firstpage

326

Abstract

A fractal Cantor-like multilayer structure with one constituent material exhibiting optical birefringence is numerically shown to function as a quarter wave retarder. The proposed device is several times smaller than the corresponding conventional QWR and contains about 15 limes less anisotropic material. Together with the apparent absence of form anisotropy, it suggests that material birefringence can be considerably enhanced when the material in question is arranged in a deterministic non-periodic fashion, presumably by localization of light that is known to occur in such systems.

Keywords

birefringence; fractals; light polarisation; optical multilayers; optical retarders; fractal Cantor-like multilayer structure; fractal anisotropic multilayer structures; localization; nanosized quarter-wave retarder; optical birefringence; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Fractals; Geometrical optics; Nanostructured materials; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Periodic structures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2003.1264646

Filename

1264646