Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate controlled polarization-selective phenomena in a whispering gallery mode resonator. We observed efficient (≈ 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.

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History
Original Manuscript: April 17, 2007
Revised Manuscript: May 17, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: May 17, 2007
Published: May 22, 2007

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Author Affiliations

Pablo Bianucci, Chris R. Fietz, John W. Robertson, Gennady Shvets, Chih-Kang Shih

Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

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