Depolarization analysis and compensation in spun birefringent optical fibers with fiber half-wave plate

Defen Yu; Bin Zhao

doi:10.1117/12.2666535

27 January 2023 Depolarization analysis and compensation in spun birefringent optical fibers with fiber half-wave plate

Defen Yu, Bin Zhao

Proceedings Volume 12550, International Conference on Optical and Photonic Engineering (icOPEN 2022); 1255012 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666535
Event: International Conference on Optical and Photonic Engineering (icOPEN 2022), 2022, ONLINE, China

Abstract

The apparent depolarization occurs when the broadband optical radiation propagates along a Spun Highly Birefringent (SHB) fiber, which will cause a decrease in polarization sensibility as well as the performance of the polarimetric sensor using the fiber. In this paper, a fiber half-wave plate made of the helically wound SHB fiber is used to compensate for the depolarization in the fiber. The half-wave plate is created by winding the SHB fiber around a cylinder and it is located at the midpoint of the whole SHB fiber. Therefore, the half-wave plate is an embedded fiber-based compensation element. The degree of polarization in the SHB fiber has been researched by simulation and experiment. The measured result suggests the excellent performance of our compensation method.

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Defen Yu and Bin Zhao "Depolarization analysis and compensation in spun birefringent optical fibers with fiber half-wave plate", Proc. SPIE 12550, International Conference on Optical and Photonic Engineering (icOPEN 2022), 1255012 (27 January 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666535

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