Title :
All-Fiber Optical Faraday Mirror Using 56-wt%-Terbium-Doped Fiber
Author :
Sun, Lei ; Jiang, Shibin ; Marciante, John R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics & the Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An all-fiber optical Faraday mirror that consists of a fiber Faraday rotator and a fiber Bragg grating is demonstrated. The fiber Faraday rotator uses a 21-cm-long section of 56-wt%-terbium-doped silicate fiber. The polarization state of the reflected light is rotated 89°±2° with a 16-dB polarization extinction ratio.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Faraday effect; mirrors; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; terbium; JkJk:Tb; all-fiber optical Faraday mirror; fiber Bragg grating; fiber Faraday rotator; polarization extinction ratio; polarization state; size 21 cm; terbium-doped fiber; Faraday effect; optical fiber devices; optical fiber materials; terbium;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2049011
