Chiral in-fiber polarizer apparatus and method

Details Chiral in-fiber polarizer apparatus and method Chiral in-fiber polarizer apparatus and method

2006-08-22

2006-08-22

Ullah, Akm Enayet (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Polarization without modulation

C385S010000, C385S024000, C385S123000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07095911

ABSTRACT:
A chiral in-fiber polarizer implemented in a chiral fiber structure having a core and a cladding surrounding the core, is provided. The chiral polarizer includes an entry end for receiving incident light and an exit end for outputting polarized light, as well as a pitch variation along its length between the entry and exit ends in accordance with a predetermined desirable pitch profile, wherein in one embodiment of the inventive polarizer, the inverse value of the chiral structure's pitch at the exit end is less than at the entry end, and preferably substantially equal to zero. The pitch profile may be advantageously selected to correspond to one or more predetermined pitch configurations, may be determined in accordance with one or more mathematical functions, or may be random. In accordance with the present invention, at least one of various parameters of the chiral structure, including, but not limited to, the core and cladding refractive indices and sizes, and the pitch profile, may be configured and selected to substantially eliminate the undesirable polarization component of the incident light by achieving an optimized extinction ratio within a desired spectral range. In another embodiment of the inventive chiral polarizer, the pitch profile is selected and configured such that the inverse value of the chiral structure's pitch at the entry end of the chiral structure is also zero. This arrangement enables significant reduction of insertion loss of the incident light entering the entry end of the inventive polarizer.

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