Title :
Nanosized quarter-wave retarder based on fractal anisotropic multilayer structures
Author :
Zhukovsky, Sergei V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Molecular & Atomic Phys., Minsk, Belarus
fDate :
29 June-3 July 2003
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;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7816-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2003.1264646
