Polarization control by use of the electro-optic effect in periodically poled lithium niobate.
We propose a method to control the polarization of light by the electro-optic effect in periodically poled lithium niobate. A single integrated chip of Z-cut lithium niobate having two sections is used. The first section is not periodically poled, whereas the second section is. With an electric field applied along the Z axis of the first section and another electric field applied along the Y axis of the second section, light with an arbitrary elliptical polarization can be converted into a fixed linearly polarized state.
Shi
Jianhong
J
Institute of Optics and Photonics, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China. purewater@sjtu.edu.cn
Chen
Xianfeng
X
Xia
Yuxing
Y
Chen
Yingli
Y