DocumentCode
991240
Title
Technique for elimination of polarisation fading in fibre interferometers
Author
Frigo, Nicholas J. ; Dandridge, A. ; Tveten, A.B.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
Volume
20
Issue
8
fYear
1984
Firstpage
319
Lastpage
320
Abstract
A technique is described in which polarisation fading of the output of an interferometer is eliminated. The optical output of the interferometer is projected onto three (or more) polarisation states, detected and combined. The maximum variation in signal and in signal/noise ratio is 6 dB.
Keywords
fibre optics; light interferometers; light polarisation; nonelectric sensing devices; optical communication equipment; coherent optical systems; interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre; passive technique; polarisation fading elimination;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840216
Filename
4248646
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