Title :
Ultra-fast acoustically tunable all-fiber polarization controller based on a hollow optical fiber
Author :
Yu, J. ; Lee, I. ; Han, M. ; Choi, S. ; Oh, K. ; Kim, S. ; Kim, D.
Author_Institution :
Kwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea
Abstract :
Local deformation of circular HOF induced by traveling acoustic wave results in a versatile control of SOP by varying frequency and voltage of RF signal. Traces of SOP on Poincare sphere are reported for various frequency and RF voltage ranges.
Keywords :
acousto-optical effects; controllers; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; Poincare sphere; RF signal; deformation; hollow optical fiber; traveling acoustic wave; ultra-fast acoustically tunable all-fiber polarization controller; Acoustic waves; Monitoring; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Radio frequency; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248420
