Whispering gallery mode microresonators as polarization converters.
A ring resonator coupled to a waveguide can be used as a highly efficient polarization converter when the input is properly polarized. We model this phenomenon and verify the predictions with a demonstration of very efficient polarization conversion (>90%) on a silica microsphere coupled to a tapered optical fiber.
Bianucci
Pablo
P
Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
Fietz
Chris R
CR
Robertson
John W
JW
Shvets
Gennady
G
Shih
Chih-Kang
CK