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Photonic crystal polarizers and polarizing beam splitters

D. R. Solli, C. F. McCormick, R. Y. Chiao, J. M. Hickmann

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0309048

Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated polarizers and polarizing beam splitters based on microwave-scale two-dimensional photonic crystals. Using polarized microwaves within certain frequency bands, we have observed a squared-sinusoid (Malus) transmission law when using the photonic crystal as a polarizer. The photonic crystal also functions as a polarizing beamsplitter; in this configuration it can be engineered to split incident polarizations in either order, making it more versatile than conventional, Brewster-angle beamsplitters.

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