Analysis on the polarization property of the eigenmodes in a nonplanar ring resonator

Dandan Wen, Dong Li, Jianlin Zhao

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Abstract

Based on the theory of the Abeles matrix, the reflections from the multilayer dielectric mirrors in a nonplanar ring resonator are discussed in detail considering the imperfect layer thickness and the incident angle errors. The polarization of Gaussian beams in nonplanar ring resonators are analyzed by using a statistical method and the way to analyze the stability of a nonplanar ring resonator in the perspective of polarization is also presented. The results show that a nonlanar ring resonator with a finite mode size may not have the reasonable polarization performances sometimes; the eigenmodes might be right- and left-handed elliptically polarized instead of circularly polarized, and they also have different ellipticity and round trip losses, which are critical for a nonplanar ring resonator. These interesting findings are important to the cavity designs of ring resonators with a nonplanar structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3057-3063
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Optics
Volume50
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jun 2011

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