A polarizing beam splitter using negative refraction of photonic crystals

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.007699

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 13, Iss. 19 — Sep. 19, 2005
pp: 7699–7707

A polarizing beam splitter using negative refraction of photonic crystals

Vito Mocella, Principia Dardano, Luigi Moretti, and I. Rendina »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 19, pp. 7699-7707 (2005)
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Abstract

Light passing through a photonic crystal can undergo a negative or a positive refraction. The two refraction states can be functions of the contrast index, the incident angle and the slab thickness. By suitably using these properties it is possible to realize very simple and very efficient optical components to route the light. As an example we present a passive device acting as a polarizing beam splitter where TM polarization is refracted in positive direction whereas TE component is negatively refracted.

OCIS Codes
(050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering

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Original Manuscript: August 23, 2005
Revised Manuscript: September 14, 2005
Published: September 19, 2005

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Vito Mocella, Principia Dardano, Luigi Moretti, and I. Rendina, "A polarizing beam splitter using negative refraction of photonic crystals," Opt. Express 13, 7699-7707 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-19-7699

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J.D. Joannopulos, R.D. Mead, J.N. Winn, Photonic crystal: Molding the flow of light, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 1995).
K. Sakoda, Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, Springer Verlag (2001).
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Lijun Wu, M. Mazilu, J.-F. Gallet and T. F. Krauss, "Dual lattice photonic-crystal beam splitters," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 211106, (2005). [CrossRef]
T. Liu, A. R. Zakharian, M. Fallahi, J. V. Moloney and M. Mansuripur, �??Design of a Compact Photonic- Crystal-Based Polarizing Beam Splitter,�?? IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., 17, 1435-1437 (2005). [CrossRef]
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S Anantha Ramakrishna, �??Physics of negative refractive index materials,�?? Rep. Prog. Phys. 68, 449�??521 (2005). [CrossRef]
V. Mocella, "Negative refraction in Photonic Crystals: thickness dependence and Pendellösung phenomenon," Opt. Express 13, 1361-1367 (2005), <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-5-1361">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-5-1361</a>. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Appl. Phys. Lett.

C. Y. Luo, S. G. Johnson and J. D. Joannopoulos. "All-angle negative refraction in a three-dimensionally periodic photonic crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 2352-2354 (2002). [CrossRef]
Lijun Wu, M. Mazilu, J.-F. Gallet and T. F. Krauss, "Dual lattice photonic-crystal beam splitters," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 211106, (2005). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photonics Technol.

T. Liu, A. R. Zakharian, M. Fallahi, J. V. Moloney and M. Mansuripur, �??Design of a Compact Photonic- Crystal-Based Polarizing Beam Splitter,�?? IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., 17, 1435-1437 (2005). [CrossRef]

Nature

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, et al. "Negative refraction by photonic crystals," Nature 423, 604-605 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

V. Mocella, "Negative refraction in Photonic Crystals: thickness dependence and Pendellösung phenomenon," Opt. Express 13, 1361-1367 (2005), <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-5-1361">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-5-1361</a>. [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev.

J.J. Hopefield, D.G. Thomas, �??Theoretical and Experimental Effects of Spatial Dispersion on the Optical Properties of Crystals,�?? Phys. Rev. 123, 563-572 (1963). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

G.S. Agarwal, D. N. Pattanyak, E. Wolf, "Electromagnetic field in spatially dispersive media," Phys. Rev. B, 10, 1447-1475 (1974). [CrossRef]
H. Kosaka, T. Kawashima, A. Tomita, M. Notomi, T. Tamamura, T. Sato, and S. Kawakami, �??Superprism phenomena in photonic crystals,�?? Phys. Rev. B 58, R10 096-099 (1998). [CrossRef]
M. Notomi. "Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap," Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696-10705 (2000). [CrossRef]
F. Genereux, S. W. Leonard, H. M. van Driel, A. Birner and U. Gösele, �??Large birefringence in twodimensional silicon photonic crystals,�?? Phys. Rev. B 63, 161101 (2001). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

K. Henneberger, "Additional Boundary Condition: an historical mistake," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2889-2892, (1998). [CrossRef]

Physics Today

J. B. Pendry and D. R. Smith. "Reversing light with negative refraction,�?? Physics Today 57, 37-43 (2004). [CrossRef]

Rep. Prog. Phys.

S Anantha Ramakrishna, �??Physics of negative refractive index materials,�?? Rep. Prog. Phys. 68, 449�??521 (2005). [CrossRef]

Rev. Mod. Phys.

B. W. Battermann, H. Cole, �??Dynamical diffraction theory of X rays by perfect crystals,�?? Rev. Mod. Phys. 36, 681-717 (1964). [CrossRef]

Rev. Mod. Physics

P.P. Ewald, �??Crystal optics for visible light and X rays,�?? Rev. Mod. Physics 37, 46-56 (1965). [CrossRef]

Other

J.D. Joannopulos, R.D. Mead, J.N. Winn, Photonic crystal: Molding the flow of light, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 1995).
K. Sakoda, Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, Springer Verlag (2001).

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