Low loss, dispersion shifted fiber polarization scrambler based on Faraday effect

Author

Comellas, J. ; Prat, J. ; Perdigues, J.M. ; Junyent, G.

Author_Institution

Optical Commun. Group, Polytech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

419

Abstract

The presented device is based on Faraday rotation in an optical fiber. It randomizes in time the state of polarization (SOP) of a light beam and makes it possible to maintain the signal level in low frequency heterodyne systems such as in optical signal supervision systems, overcoming problems that can arise because of instantaneous SOP mismatching. Its main characteristics are insertion losses of 0.4 dB because of using dispersion shifted fiber which has lower bend losses than standard single mode fiber, and scrambling frequency above 10 KHz with mean degree of polarization lower than 30% which is sufficient for our purposes

Keywords

Faraday effect; magneto-optical devices; optical fibre polarisation; 0.4 dB; 10 kHz; Faraday effect; bend loss; dispersion shifted fiber polarization scrambler; heterodyne system; insertion loss; state of polarization; Capacitors; Dispersion; Faraday effect; Frequency; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.739792

Filename

739792