High-efficiency polarization beam splitter based on a self-collimating photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2247-2254

  Park, Jong Moon ^a   Lee, Sun Goo ^b   Park, Hae Ryeong ^a   Lee, Myung Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS;

AIR HOLES; ANTIREFLECTION STRUCTURES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH TRANSMISSION; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; OUTPUT CHANNELS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; PRIMARY TRANSMISSION; SQUARE LATTICES; TM POLARIZATION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC POLARIZATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 78149373384     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002247     Document Type: Article

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