Controlling the polarization of light with bilayer subwavelength metallic apertures

H. B. Chan; Z. Marcet; D. W. Carr; J. E. Bower; R. A. Cirelli; F. Klemens; W. M. Mansfield; J. F. Miner; C. S. Pai; I. I. Kravchenko

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603067

Controlling the polarization of light with bilayer subwavelength metallic apertures

H. B. Chan
, Z. Marcet
, D. W. Carr
, J. E. Bower
, R. A. Cirelli
, F. Klemens
, W. M. Mansfield
, J. F. Miner
, C. S. Pai
, I. I. Kravchenko

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Abstract

In this paper, we tailor the evanescent field coupling between two metal layers with subwavelength slit arrays and created a half-wave plate that imparts a half-wave phase delay to one component of linear polarization. The polarization of linearly polarized light at 1.55 μm wavelength can be rotated by up to 90 degrees, with polarization extinction ratio exceeding 22 dB. One advantage of this device over conventional polarization rotators is that the wavelength of operation can be chosen by fabricating subwavelength slit arrays with different parameters. Moreover, future devices can be designed to be mechanically tunable by suspending one of the metal plates. Nanomechanical motion between the two metal layers changes the evanescent field coupling between them, allowing real time control of the polarization of the transmitted light.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603067
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013 - Cartagena, Spain Duration: Jun 23 2013 → Jun 27 2013

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Name	International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-7339

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Conference	2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Cartagena
Period	06/23/13 → 06/27/13

Keywords

evanescent fields
polarization
subwavelength apertures
surface waves
wave plates

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Chan, H. B., Marcet, Z., Carr, D. W., Bower, J. E., Cirelli, R. A., Klemens, F., Mansfield, W. M., Miner, J. F., Pai, C. S., & Kravchenko, I. I. (2013). Controlling the polarization of light with bilayer subwavelength metallic apertures. In 2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013 Article 6603067 (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603067

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Chan, HB, Marcet, Z, Carr, DW, Bower, JE, Cirelli, RA, Klemens, F, Mansfield, WM, Miner, JF, Pai, CS & Kravchenko, II 2013, Controlling the polarization of light with bilayer subwavelength metallic apertures. in 2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013., 6603067, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013, Cartagena, Spain, 06/23/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603067

Controlling the polarization of light with bilayer subwavelength metallic apertures. / Chan, H. B.; Marcet, Z.; Carr, D. W. et al.
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