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Form birefringence in nanostructured micro-optical devices |
Optical Materials Express, Vol. 1, Issue 7, pp. 1251-1261 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.001251
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Abstract
We present a detailed examination of the design and expected operation of an artificially birefringent material based around the nanostructured stack-and-draw fabrication technique developed recently. The expected degree of birefringence is estimated using a Finite Difference Time Domain simulation of the physical system and is shown to be in agreement with that predicted by a second order effective medium theory treatment of the nanostructured material. The effects of finite device dimensions are studied and an estimate of the required device thickness for a half-wave retardation is made.
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OCIS Codes
(230.4000) Optical devices : Microstructure fabrication
(050.2065) Diffraction and gratings : Effective medium theory
(050.2555) Diffraction and gratings : Form birefringence
ToC Category:
Artificially Engineered Structures
History
Original Manuscript: August 10, 2011
Revised Manuscript: October 4, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 9, 2011
Published: October 13, 2011
Citation
A. J. Waddie, R. Buczynski, F. Hudelist, J. Nowosielski, D. Pysz, R. Stepien, and M. R. Taghizadeh, "Form birefringence in nanostructured micro-optical devices," Opt. Mater. Express 1, 1251-1261 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-1-7-1251
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