Title :
Phase retarders for optical communications (C-band & L-band)
Author :
Habli, Mohamad A. ; Abdul-Nabi, Samih
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., Lebanese Int. Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of phase retarders for the C and the L bands using two perpendicular reflective metals coated with a single layer thin film. The overall reflection of 76% is achieved for the phase retarder. Error analysis for the device is also presented.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical retarders; C band; L band; error analysis; optical communications; perpendicular reflective metals; phase retarders; reflection; single layer thin film; Coatings; Equations; Error analysis; Indexes; L-band; Metals; Optics; C-band; L-band; Phase retardance; perpendicular metals; single-layer coating;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2013 Saudi International
Conference_Location :
Fira
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6196-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6194-1
DOI :
10.1109/SIECPC.2013.6550737
