Title :
Reduction of the degree of polarization of a laser diode with a fiber Lyot depolarizer
Author :
Wang, J.S. ; Costelloe, J.R. ; Stolen, R.H.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A fiber Lyot depolarizer was used to reduce the degree of polarization (DOP) of a laser pump diode. The typical DOP out of the depolarizer is better than 0.2 which should he sufficient to reduce the effect of pump polarization on erbium fiber amplifiers.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; degree of polarization; erbium fiber amplifiers; fiber Lyot depolarizer; laser diode; laser pump diode; pump polarization; Birefringence; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
