Title :
Thermal hysteresis of phase retardation in polarization maintaining optical fibers
Author_Institution :
Div. of Natural Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The hysteresis behavior in the phase retardation of highly birefringent plastic-coated optical fibers was observed in a narrow temperature range, around room temperature with heterodyne interferometric polarimetry. Measurement was performed for two kinds of birefringent fibers of stress-applied configuration: a circular side-pit fiber and an elliptical cladding fiber. Some differences were found in the hysteresis behavior of the fibers
Keywords :
demodulation; fibre optic sensors; hysteresis; light interferometry; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical modulation; polarimetry; thermal stresses; circular side-pit fiber; elliptical cladding fiber; heterodyne interferometric polarimetry; highly birefringent plastic-coated optical fibers; hysteresis behavior; narrow temperature range; phase retardation; polarization maintaining optical fibers; room temperature; stress-applied configuration; thermal hysteresis; Birefringence; Hysteresis; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Polarimetry; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
