• DocumentCode
    1563443
  • Title

    Polarization induced phase noise in fiber optic interferometers with polarizer based polarization diversity receivers

  • Author

    Kirkendall, C.K. ; Dandridge, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    375
  • Abstract
    The effects of fluctuations of the input state-of-polarization (SOP) in interferometric sensors on the visibility and the phase noise have been well characterized. In this paper, the presence of a polarizer at the output of a fiber optic interferometer is shown to reduce the polarization-induced noise when it is part of a polarization diversity receiver.
  • Keywords
    diversity reception; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; optical polarisers; optical receivers; phase noise; visibility; fiber optic interferometer output polarizer; fiber optic interferometers; input state-of-polarization fluctuations; interferometric sensors; phase noise; polarization induced phase noise; polarization-induced noise; polarizer; polarizer based polarization diversity receivers; visibility; Fluctuations; Interferometers; Noise reduction; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Phase noise; Sensor phenomena and characterization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Sensors Conference Technical Digest, 2002. Ofs 2002, 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7289-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFS.2002.1000613
  • Filename
    1000613