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Plasmon-polariton polarizers on the surface of single-mode channel optical waveguides (OWGs) in lithium niobate crystals have been studied in detail. An original technology for manufacturing polarizers in a single technological cycle has been developed. A polarizer consists of a metal (aluminum) film and a dielectric (Al2O3) buffer layer. An optimum polarizer configuration is found for single-mode channel OWGs matched to a standard optical fiber (SMF-28). A prototype polarizer was manufactured, which was characterized by a polarization extinction ratio of 19 dB/mm and insertion losses on a level of 0.1 dB/mm.
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Original Russian Text © I.V. Il’ichev, N.V. Toguzov, A.V. Shamray, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 17, pp. 97–103.
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Il’ichev, I.V., Toguzov, N.V. & Shamray, A.V. Plasmon-polariton polarizers on the surface of single-mode channel optical waveguides in lithium niobate. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 831–833 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785009090132
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