DEPOLARIZED SOURCE FOR FIBEROPTIC APPLICATIONS

被引:18
作者
BURNS, WK
MOELLER, RP
BULMER, CH
GREENBLATT, AS
机构
[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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D O I
10.1364/OL.16.000381
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Two diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers are combined with their polarization vectors at 90-degrees to each other to create a depolarized source suitable for propagation over long lengths of ordinary, low-birefringence single-mode fiber without a change in the polarization state. The source is demonstrated with an integrated-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer and provides a constant -3-dB intensity input to the required linear input polarization state.
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页码:381 / 383
页数:3
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