Son, T. V., Truong, Vo-Van 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-3749, Do, P. A. and Haché, A.
(2016)
Ultra-thin, single-layer polarization rotator.
AIP Advances, 6
(8).
085102.
ISSN 2158-3226
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4960552
Abstract
We demonstrate light polarization control over a broad spectral range by a uniform layer of vanadium dioxide as it undergoes a phase transition from insulator to metal. Changes in refractive indices create unequal phase shifts on s- and p-polarization components of incident light, and rotation of linear polarization shows intensity modulation by a factor of 103 when transmitted through polarizers. This makes possible polarization rotation devices as thin as 50 nm that would be activated thermally, optically or electrically.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Physics |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Son, T. V. and Truong, Vo-Van and Do, P. A. and Haché, A. |
| Journal or Publication: | AIP Advances |
| Date: | 2016 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1063/1.4960552 |
| Keywords: | Polarization, Polarizers, Refractive index, Vanadium, Metal phase transitions |
| ID Code: | 982269 |
| Deposited By: | Danielle Dennie |
| Deposited On: | 21 Mar 2017 17:53 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 17:54 |
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