Experimental demonstration of photonic crystal waveplates
Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We have constructed and experimentally tested a microwave half waveplate using the dispersive birefringent properties of a bulk two-dimensional photonic crystal away from its band gap. Our waveplate device exhibited a 200:1 polarization contrast, limited by our experimental resolution. We anticipate that photonic crystal waveplates will have important practical applications in several areas, including integrated photonic circuits.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0309047,
title = {Experimental demonstration of photonic crystal waveplates},
author = {D. R. Solli and C. F. McCormick and R. Y. Chiao and J. M. Hickmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0309047},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures, published Applied Physics Letters 82, 1036 (2003)