MÜller–Stokes Analysis of Long Period Gratings Part II: Randomly Birefringent LPGs

Author

Eftimov, Tinko A. ; Bock, Wojtek J. ; Mikulic, Predrag ; Chen, Jiahua

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys., Plovdiv Univ., Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Volume

27

Issue

17

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3759

Lastpage

3764

Abstract

We present a Muller-Stokes analysis of the polarization properties of randomly birefingent long-period fiber gratings (LPGs). Using a previously derived Muller matrix, we perform simulations of the polarization behavior in photonic crystal fibers-based tapered long-period gratings with randomly varying birefringence axes. Computer simulations show good agreement with results from experiments with a broadband-amplified spontaneous emission source and a tunable laser in combination with a polarization analyzer.

Keywords

birefringence; diffraction gratings; holey fibres; laser tuning; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; Muller-Stokes analysis; birefringence axes; broadband-amplified spontaneous emission source; long period gratings; long-period fiber gratings; photonic crystal fibers; polarization properties; randomly birefringent LPG; tunable laser; MÜller–Stokes matrix formalism; optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers (PCF); polarization dependent loss (PDL); tapered long-period gratings (TLPG);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.2009171

Filename

4838869