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Optical Polarization Phase Modulation with Lithium Niobate

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Lithium Niobate crystal can be used to achieve tunable differential polarization phase modulation. A typical polarization phase tuning application based on optical polarization between the E-ray and O-ray components of a light wave is proposed. It is realized here that a trapezoidal-shaped block of the said crystal can be effectively employed to control the output intensity than by its regular geometrical forms. A relevant mathematical model for this effect is also proposed here. Again, the device parameters are optimized with the help of random optimization, which is based on a genetic algorithm. It is also shown that the phase difference between the two polarization components may be tuned using a multi-strip electrode configuration designed on the trapezoidal crystal block.

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Das, R., Chakraborty, R. (2023). Optical Polarization Phase Modulation with Lithium Niobate. In: Saha, A., Biswas, A., Ghosh, K., Mukhopadhyay, N. (eds) Optical to Terahertz Engineering. Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, vol 23. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0228-6_6

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