Optical Fibre Polarisation State Controller

R. P. Tatam; C. N. Pannell; J. D.C. Jones; D. A. Jackson

doi:10.1117/12.941135

14 October 1987 Optical Fibre Polarisation State Controller

R. P. Tatam, C. N. Pannell, J. D.C. Jones, D. A. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 0798, Fiber Optic Sensors II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941135
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

An all-fibre polarisation state controller, which overcomes the problems associated with the temperature dependence of the stress-optic coefficient in previously reported fibre devices is described. The controller consists of two short sections of linearly bire-fringent monomode fibre orientated with their eigenaxes at 450 with respect to each other. Polarisation control is achieved by applying axial strain to each fibre element using piezo-electric transducers. The system is demonstrated by generating polarisation states which are made to evolve along trajectories on the surface of the Poincare sphere.

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R. P. Tatam, C. N. Pannell, J. D.C. Jones, and D. A. Jackson "Optical Fibre Polarisation State Controller", Proc. SPIE 0798, Fiber Optic Sensors II, (14 October 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941135

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