title: Fabrication of a side-polished fiber polarizer with a biref ringent polymer overlay.
abstract: The fabrication of an in-line fiber polarizer consisting of a side-polished fiber (SPF) with a birefringent polymer thin-film overlay, polyvinyl carbazole, is described. Typical devices had <0.5 -dB insertion loss and extinction ratios of ~36 dB. A weakly coupled waveguide model that accurately describes these SPF-thin-film overlay devices and guides in their fabrication is also presented.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sokoloff
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: McGinnis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasabe