• DocumentCode
    1591168
  • Title

    Michelson interferometer with Faraday mirrors employed in a delayed self-heterodyne interferometer

  • Author

    Åslund, Mattias L. ; Michie, Andrew ; Canning, John ; Holdsworth, John ; Fleming, Simon

  • Author_Institution
    Interdiscipl. Photonics Labs. (iPL), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Faraday rotator mirrors in a Michelson interferometer configuration is shown to significantly improve resolution and coherence for delayed self-heterodyne interferometery. Coherence is clearly observed over the maximum available delay length of 60 km.
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; Michelson interferometers; heterodyne detection; light coherence; mirrors; Faraday rotator mirrors; Michelson Interferometer; delayed self-heterodyne interferometer; optical coherence; Coherence; Delay; Fiber lasers; Mirrors; Noise; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875599