Quantitative characterization of polarization cancellation for optical devices via bi-direction transmission

Author

Kim, Chang-Seok ; Jeong, Myung Yung ; Han, Young-Geun ; Sang Bae Lee ; Lee, Sang Bae

Author_Institution

Sch. of Nano Sci. & Technol., Pusan Nat. Univ., Pusan

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Complete cancellation of polarization dependency using a lambda/2-shifted Sagnac loop interferometer is quantitatively characterized for a number of commercial-graded transmission-type optical devices, such as in-line polarizer and variable optical attenuator.

Keywords

Sagnac interferometers; light polarisation; optical attenuators; Sagnac loop interferometer; bidirection transmission; commercial graded transmission; in line polarizer; polarization cancellation; quantitative characterization; variable optical attenuator; Bidirectional control; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Propagation losses; Sagnac interferometers; Wavelength measurement; (060.2340) Fiber optics components; (230.5440) Polarization-sensitive devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628462

Filename

4628462