Title :
Statistical Depolarization of Cascaded Fiber Rings
Author :
Yufei, Zhang ; Chunhua, Wang ; Dan, Yang
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Key Lab. of Specialty Fiber Opt., Shanghai Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
The statistics of the depolarizer composed with cascaded single-mode fiber rings is investigated theoretically and experimentally. With the number of fiber rings increasing, it is found that the probability of DOP (degree of polarization) less than 0.01 will increase largely with arbitrary polarization conditions of the input light and fiber rings. Meanwhile, experimental results show its potential in reducing the polarization noise in polarization-sensitive optic fiber systems.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; optical polarisers; probability; arbitrary polarization condition; cascaded single-mode fiber ring; degree-of-polarization probability; polarization noise reduction; polarization-sensitive optic fiber systems; statistical depolarization characterstics; Birefringence; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008 China-Japan Joint
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3821-1
DOI :
10.1109/CJMW.2008.4772537
