DocumentCode
960485
Title
Source-induced optical noise in polarization measurements
Author
Zadok, Avi ; Eyal, Avishay
Author_Institution
Fac. if Eng., Tel Aviv Univ.
Volume
18
Issue
12
fYear
2006
fDate
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1365
Lastpage
1367
Abstract
Formalism is derived for the autocovariance of the noise induced by a source of general statistics, in measurements of the Stokes vector at the output of an optical medium. The autocovariance is given in terms of the source statistics and the medium transfer properties. Specific results and an experimental demonstration are provided for a polarized laser source. The results establish phase-noise-related bounds to the errors in polarization measurements with a continuous-wave laser source
Keywords
laser noise; light polarisation; measurement errors; polarimetry; Stokes vector; autocovariance; optical noise; polarization measurement; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Statistics; Stokes parameters; Optical noise; phase noise; polarization measurements; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); statistical optics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.877012
Filename
1638511
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