A new polarimeter based on optical nonreciprocity in gratings with two-dimensional chirality
A new polarimeter based on optical nonreciprocity in gratings with two-dimensional chirality
We have studied the optical transmission properties of a number of different dielectric diffraction gratings that each exhibit two-dimensional chirality in their grating elements.We have found that the diffracted beams transmitted through these structures exhibit large anisotropic polarization changes and polarization-dependent intensity modulations even though the chiral elements are arranged in square grating arrays. The strength and functional form of both of these effects differ for each diffracted beam. They are also dependent on the chirality of the surface patterning and the thickness of the patterned dielectric film. We show how these properties could be exploited to provide a new and more versatile form of polarimeter, and how the operation of such a device is inherently dependent on the optical nonreciprocity of these chiral gratings.
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Potts, Adrian
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Zhang, W
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Bagnall, Darren
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Potts, Adrian
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Zhang, W
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Bagnall, Darren
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Potts, Adrian, Zhang, W and Bagnall, Darren
(2010)
A new polarimeter based on optical nonreciprocity in gratings with two-dimensional chirality.
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 99 (4), .
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Abstract
We have studied the optical transmission properties of a number of different dielectric diffraction gratings that each exhibit two-dimensional chirality in their grating elements.We have found that the diffracted beams transmitted through these structures exhibit large anisotropic polarization changes and polarization-dependent intensity modulations even though the chiral elements are arranged in square grating arrays. The strength and functional form of both of these effects differ for each diffracted beam. They are also dependent on the chirality of the surface patterning and the thickness of the patterned dielectric film. We show how these properties could be exploited to provide a new and more versatile form of polarimeter, and how the operation of such a device is inherently dependent on the optical nonreciprocity of these chiral gratings.
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Submitted date: 19 May 2010
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