A simple low-cost broadband fiber optical polarimeter

Author

Temporao, Guilherme P. ; von der Weid, J.P.

Author_Institution

Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

627

Abstract

A new polarimeter model, based on time-varying birefringence caused by piezoelectric-controlled fiber-squeezing plates, is presented. This model turns to be low-cost, for it uses few components, and broadband, since it can be adjusted to work in all single-mode fibers wavelength range.

Keywords

Poincare mapping; fibre optic sensors; optical control; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; piezoelectric actuators; polarimeters; Jones matrix; Poincare sphere; calibration; fiber optical polarimeter; fiber-squeezing plates; linear operator; linear polarizer; low-cost broadband polarimeter; piezoelectric actuators; piezoelectric-controlled plates; polarimeter model; polarization state space; single-mode fibers; state-of-polarization measurement; time-varying birefringence; Birefringence; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystals; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Photodetectors; Piezoelectric actuators; Piezoelectric polarization; Stokes parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242650

Filename

1242650