Lithographically Fabricated Magnifying Maxwell Fisheye Lenses

Vera Smolyaninova; Christopher Jensen; William Zimmerman; Anthony Johnson; David Schaefer; Igor Smolyaninov

doi:10.3390/photonics3010008

Photonics (Mar 2016)

Lithographically Fabricated Magnifying Maxwell Fisheye Lenses

Vera Smolyaninova,
Christopher Jensen,
William Zimmerman,
Anthony Johnson,
David Schaefer,
Igor Smolyaninov

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Vera Smolyaninova: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
Christopher Jensen: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
William Zimmerman: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
Anthony Johnson: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
David Schaefer: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
Igor Smolyaninov: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics3010008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 8

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Recently suggested magnifying Maxwell fisheye lenses, which are made of two half-lenses of different radii, have been fabricated and characterized. The lens action is based on control of polarization-dependent effective refractive index in a lithographically formed tapered waveguide. We have studied wavelength and polarization dependent performance of the lenses, and their potential applications in waveguide mode sorting.

Published in Photonics

ISSN: 2304-6732 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics

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