• DocumentCode
    1406702
  • Title

    In-line polarimeter using blazed fiber gratings

  • Author

    Westbrook, P.S. ; Strasser, T.A. ; Erdogan, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1352
  • Lastpage
    1354
  • Abstract
    We fabricate highly blazed, polarization-sensitive fiber grating taps and show how these may be used in combination with a UV-induced fiber waveplate to form a compact, in-fiber polarimeter. We show how the polarimeter may be employed as a feedback element to control polarization and use the feedback loop to demonstrate the stable, broadband (>70 nm) operation of the fiber polarimeter.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical feedback; optical fibre polarisation; polarimeters; sensitivity; stability; UV-induced fiber waveplate; blazed fiber gratings; compact in-fiber polarimeter; control polarization; feedback element; feedback loop; fiber polarimeter; highly blazed polarization-sensitive fiber grating taps; in-line polarimeter; stable broadband operation; Detectors; Feedback loop; Fiber gratings; Light scattering; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Optical scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.883827
  • Filename
    883827