Deterministic, analytically complete measurement of polarization-dependent transmission through optical devices

Author

Heffner, B.L.

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

451

Lastpage

454

Abstract

Polarization dependence of the loss or gain of an optical device has been difficult to measure in a consistent and reproducible manner because it has been necessary to search for the extrema of transmission over a two-dimensional polarization space. It is shown that the global variation of the transmission through any linear, time-invariant optical device, over all states of polarization, can be found in a strictly deterministic, analytically complete manner by measuring the polarization responses to only three input polarizations. A series of fast, automated measurements of two test devices yielded standard deviations of 0.017 and 0.033 dB and agreement with manual measurements.<>

Keywords

light polarisation; optical fibres; optical testing; polarimetry; 2D polarisation space; automated measurements; deterministic; directional couplers; global variation; input polarizations; linear optical device; optical devices; optical fibre testing; optical gain; optical isolators; optical loss; polarimetry; polarization responses; polarization-dependent transmission; reproducible manner; standard deviations; states of polarization; time-invariant optical device; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.136483

Filename

136483