Superpolarizers that exceed the law of Malus

Robert A. Fisher; John E. Heebner; Ryan S. Bennink; Robert W. Boyd

doi:10.1117/12.404803

19 October 2000 Superpolarizers that exceed the law of Malus

Robert A. Fisher, John E. Heebner, Ryan S. Bennink, Robert W. Boyd

Proceedings Volume 4110, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications VI; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.404803
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

All known polarizers operate via a separation of orthogonal electric field components, one of which is subsequently discarded. As a result, 50% of the unpolarized incident light is wasted in the process of conversion to polarized light. We demonstrate a new method by which the optical power in the ordinarily discarded component is used as the pump to amplify the retained component in a nonlinear amplifier. We achieve greater than 50% throughput. These new polarizers are self-organizing in that they form internal gratings which, based only on the phase relationship between the two components, best optimize the transfer of power to the desired component.

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Robert A. Fisher, John E. Heebner, Ryan S. Bennink, and Robert W. Boyd "Superpolarizers that exceed the law of Malus", Proc. SPIE 4110, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications VI, (19 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.404803

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