Measurements of polarization cross-coupling in a tension-coiled polarization-preserving fiber by optical coherence domain polarimetry

Author

Da Silva, André C. ; Mateus, Carlos F R

Author_Institution

Inst. de Estudos Avancados/CTA, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

638

Abstract

Measurements of polarization cross-coupling in a polarization-maintaining fiber (3M FS-PM-6621) under two coiling situations are carried out by optical coherence domain polarimetry. In the first situation, it is coiled around a 25.4 mm diameter piezoelectric tube and the applied voltage is increased from 0 to 900 V. In the second, the fiber is tension-coiled around a 24.6 mm diameter passive drum and the tension increased from 0 to 3.74 N. Measured polarization cross-coupling along the fiber increases 25-30 dB in the coiled region and does not show significant change as voltage or tension is increased in each case

Keywords

birefringence; light coherence; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; polarimetry; 0 to 900 V; 25.4 mm; applied voltage; optical coherence domain polarimetry; passive drum; piezoelectric tube; polarization cross-coupling; polarization-maintaining fiber; tension-coiled; tension-coiled polarization-preserving fiber; voltage; Coherence; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optimized production technology; Piezoelectric polarization; Polarimetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1999. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, APS and LEOS - IMOC '99. International

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5807-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.1999.866260

Filename

866260