Title :
Dual fiber-ring depolarizer
Author :
Martinelli, Massimo ; Palais, Joseph C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fDate :
6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new depolarization device based on two incoherent fiber rings is proposed and demonstrated. A detailed theory is developed and verified through experiments, which show that the device is able to provide a very low output degree of polarization (-25.7 dB), independent of the input state of polarization
Keywords :
light coherence; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; depolarization device; dual fiber-ring depolarizer; incoherent fiber rings; input state of polarization; very low output degree of polarization; Birefringence; Delay lines; Insertion loss; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Optical interferometry; Optical noise;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
