Polarization property of dichromated gelatin hologram and it's application to holographic polarization separation element

Dichromated Gelatin 홀로그램의 편광 특성과 편광분리 소자 응용

  • Published : 1997.08.01

Abstract

Holographic optical elements for polarization separation (HPS) are fabricated in a dichromated gelatin(DCG) thin film of 7${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ thickness. The polarization properties of HPS is characterized by measuring diffraction efficiency with several physical parameters like exposure time, incident angle and read-out polarization angles. The experimental data are compared with theoretical results based on Kogelnik's coupled wave theory, which shows good agreement. It is also found that the HPS element has a very high extinction ratio of polarization over 500:1 for S and P polarizations, respectively, with He-Ne laser wavelength. We also propose an optical switch optical interconnects by using HPS elements.

DCG(dichromated gelatin : 7.mu.m 두께) 필름을 이용하여 홀로그래픽 편광분리(Holographic Polarization Separation : HPS)소자를 설계 제작하였다. 제작한 HPS소자의 편광특성을 노출시간, 입사각, 편광각 등의 몇가지 물리적 변수들을 이용하여 조사하였다. 실험결과가 Kogelnik의 결합 파동이론에 기초한 이론적 결과와 잘 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 제작한 HPS소자는 633 nm 파장에서 편광 회절 강도비가 500:1(S편광:P편광)이상이였다. 또한 HPS소자의 광 스위치 및 자유공간 광 연결소자로서의 응용 가능성을 제시하였다.

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