HOLOGRAPHICALLY WRITTEN REFLECTIVE POLARIZATION FILTER IN SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS

被引:4
作者
KAMAL, A [1 ]
KANELLOPOULOS, SE [1 ]
ARCHAMBAULT, JL [1 ]
RUSSELL, PSJ [1 ]
HANDEREK, VA [1 ]
ROGERS, AJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON KINGS COLL,LONDON WC2R 2LS,ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1364/OL.17.001189
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A new type of internally written grating filter is proposed and demonstrated in single-mode optical fibers. A photoinduced rocking birefringence is created by polarization interference between two counterpropagating and orthogonal linear-polarization modes at 514.5 nm. This birefringent grating has the correct submicrometer pitch for efficient phase-matched reflection of a linearly polarized mode into the orthogonally polarized counterpropagating mode. The phenomenon represents a new form of holography in which the image (the orthogonal counterpropagating mode) is reconstructed by scattering off a hologram consisting of a periodic birefringence.
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页码:1189 / 1191
页数:3
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