Proposal for a simple integrated optical ion-exchange waveguide polarizer with a liquid crystal overlay

Pengfei Wang; Yuliya Semenova; Jie Zheng; Qiang Wu; Agus Muhamad Hatta; Gerald Farrell

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2010.10.034

Proposal for a simple integrated optical ion-exchange waveguide polarizer with a liquid crystal overlay

Pengfei Wang
, Yuliya Semenova
, Jie Zheng
, Qiang Wu
, Agus Muhamad Hatta
, Gerald Farrell

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

A simple, compact electro-optic polarizer based on an ion-exchanged glass channel waveguide covered with a nematic liquid crystal (LC) is proposed. A full-vectorial beam propagation method is employed to simulate this device for the first time. For the cases of zero and strong LC surface anchoring, the performance of the proposed polarizer under different applied voltages is analyzed numerically. Analysis indicates that surface anchoring of the liquid crystal is a key issue influencing the performance for the proposed optical polarizer device.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	979-984
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	284
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2010.10.034
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2011

Keywords

Glass waveguide
Ion exchange
Liquid crystal
Optical polarizer

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