• DocumentCode
    1545591
  • Title

    Dual heterodyne polarization diversity demodulation for fiber-optic interferometers

  • Author

    Wang Joo Lee ; Bong Kyu Kim ; Ki Ho Han ; Byoung Yoon Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1156
  • Lastpage
    1158
  • Abstract
    A novel method is described for the simultaneous suppression of polarization and phase bias induced signal fading in fiber-optic interferometers based on differentially frequency shifted orthogonal polarization components. An experimental demonstration proved the operating principle with a high sensitivity of 28 μrad//spl radic/(Hz).
  • Keywords
    demodulation; fading; fibre optic sensors; interference suppression; light interference; light interferometers; optical arrays; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; differentially frequency shifted orthogonal polarization components; dual heterodyne polarization diversity demodulation; fiber-optic interferometers; operating principle; phase bias induced signal fading; suppression; Demodulation; Diversity methods; Interferometers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Sensor arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.784236
  • Filename
    784236