title: Thin-metal-clad waveguide polarizers: analysis and comparison with experiment.
abstract: We present an analysis of a thin-metal-film in-line fiber polarizer and compare the results with experimentally observed TE- and TM-mode losses. It is shown that the analysis predicts reasonably well the experimentally observed behavior. The present analysis can be used as a design aid for obtaining initial design parameters such as buffer thickness, type of metal, metal thickness, and superstrate refractive index for such polarizer structures.
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authors.lastname: Thyagarajan
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Diggavi
authors.forename: A K
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authors.lastname: Ghatak
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authors.lastname: Johnstone
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authors.lastname: Stewart
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authors.lastname: Culshaw