The Design And Performance Of Fibre Optic Polarizers And Polarization Beamsplitters

A N Tobin; T R Hart; P Rainbird; W Johnstone; G Stewart; B Culshaw

doi:10.1117/12.959739

23 February 1989 The Design And Performance Of Fibre Optic Polarizers And Polarization Beamsplitters

A N Tobin, T R Hart, P Rainbird, W Johnstone, G Stewart, B Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 0988, Components for Fiber Optic Applications III and Coherent Lightwave Communications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959739
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper reports on the design and performance of all-fibre polarizers and polarization beamsplitters utilizing both standard and high birefringence optical fibres. These devices exploit the polarization selective coupling of an optical field to a surface plasmon polariton in a thin metal film. In the case of the polarizer the power coupled into the plasmon is dissipated whereas in the polarization beamsplitter it is further coupled into a second optical fibre. High quality devices have been manufactured and extinct-ion ratios in excess of 50dB and 40dB have been achieved for polarizers and polarizing beamsplitters respectively.

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A N Tobin, T R Hart, P Rainbird, W Johnstone, G Stewart, and B Culshaw "The Design And Performance Of Fibre Optic Polarizers And Polarization Beamsplitters", Proc. SPIE 0988, Components for Fiber Optic Applications III and Coherent Lightwave Communications, (23 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959739

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