Wavelength and Temperature Performance of Polarization-Transforming Fiber
Applied Optics, Vol. 42, Issue 34, pp. 6897-6904 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.006897
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Abstract
We have theoretically and experimentally investigated an optical fiber with circular polarization modes on one end and linear polarization modes on the other end. We call this fiber a polarization-transforming fiber because the local modes, or polarization states they represent, are converted from linear to circular, and visa versa, in the fiber. We have developed and implemented a postdraw process for making polarization-transforming fiber samples 30 mm long with losses less than 1 dB and a polarization-mode conversion from circular to linear greater than 20 dB. Also, we have modeled and measured the dependence on wavelength and temperature of polarization-transforming fiber samples. The measured normalized wavelength dependence of a sample fiber 30 mm long was approximately 1.4 × 10−4 nm−1, and the measured normalized temperature dependence was approximately 6 × 10−4 °C−1. These values are better in some cases than values for conventional high-birefringent fiber quarter-wave plates.
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OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(230.0040) Optical devices : Detectors
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
Citation
Allen H. Rose, Nicolas Feat, and Shelley M. Etzel, "Wavelength and Temperature Performance of Polarization-Transforming Fiber," Appl. Opt. 42, 6897-6904 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-42-34-6897
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