All-fiber optical isolator based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 5, pp. 706-708 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.000706
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Abstract
An all-fiber isolator with 17 dB optical isolation is demonstrated. The fiber Faraday rotator uses 56 wt. % terbium (Tb)-doped silicate fiber, and the fiber polarizers are Corning SP1060 single-polarization fiber. The effective Verdet constant of the Tb-doped fiber is measured to be
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OCIS Codes
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(230.3240) Optical devices : Isolators
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: October 22, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 5, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 23, 2010
Published: February 25, 2010
Citation
L. Sun, S. Jiang, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Marciante, "All-fiber optical isolator based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber," Opt. Lett. 35, 706-708 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-5-706
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