Title :
In-line, high speed fibre polarimeter with large calibration bandwidth and accurate reference-free calibration procedure
Author :
Mikhailov, V. ; Dunn, S. ; Westbrook, P.S.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an integrated HiBi fibre polarimeter with 32nm single calibration bandwidth (1% standard deviation of DOP) and RF bandwidth in excess of 500MHz. We also describe an accurate self-calibration procedure that does not require any special polarization reference optics.
Keywords :
calibration; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre polarisation; polarimeters; RF bandwidth; calibration bandwidth; inline high speed fibre polarimeter; integrated HiBi fibre polarimeter; reference-free calibration; self-calibration; size 32 nm; Bandwidth; Calibration; Detectors; Gratings; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fibers; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621342
