Measurements of polarization mode couplings along polarization-maintaining single-mode optical fibers

Masataka Nakazawa; Nori Shibata; Masamitsu Tokuda; Yukiyasu Negishi

doi:10.1364/JOSAA.1.000285

Measurements of polarization mode couplings along polarization-maintaining single-mode optical fibers

Masataka Nakazawa, Nori Shibata, Masamitsu Tokuda, Yukiyasu Negishi

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A new technique for measuring the polarization mode coupling along a polarization-maintaining optical fiber is demonstrated. Additional analyses of optical time-domain reflectometry signals are used. Using a 1.34-μm Nd³⁺: YAG laser as a light source and an acousto-optical light switch to reduce the Fresnel reflection at the input end of the fiber, we have examined characteristics of the polarization mode couplings for four fibers with different extinction ratios. The extinction ratios evaluated by the present method are in good agreement with those obtained by a conventional technique within ±0.5 dB.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	285-292
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.1.000285
Publication status	Published - 1984 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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Measurements of polarization mode couplings along polarization-maintaining single-mode optical fibers. / Nakazawa, Masataka; Shibata, Nori; Tokuda, Masamitsu; Negishi, Yukiyasu.

In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision, Vol. 1, No. 3, 01.01.1984, p. 285-292.

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