title: Polarization control by use of the electro-optic effect in periodically poled lithium niobate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optics and Photonics, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China. purewater@sjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jianhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xianfeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuxing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen