Polarization conversion in a silica microsphere

被引：30

作者：

Bianucci, Pablo ^{[1
]}

Fietz, Chris R. ^{[1
]}

Robertson, John W. ^{[1
]}

Shvets, Gennady ^{[1
]}

Shih, Chih-Kang ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2007年 / 15卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.15.007000

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We experimentally demonstrate controlled polarization-selective phenomena in a whispering gallery mode resonator. We observed efficient (approximate to 75%) polarization conversion of light in a silica microsphere coupled to a tapered optical fiber with proper optimization of the polarization of the propagating light. A simple model treating the microsphere as a ring resonator provides a good fit to the observed behavior. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America

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页码：7000 / 7005

页数：6

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