Riza, Nabeel A.

Proceedings of SPIE, 2560, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications VII;SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation

Polarization-based Fiber-optic Delay Lines

1995

July

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Polarization Signal to noise ratio Spatial light modulators Birefringence Free space optics Fiber optics Phased array optics

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San Diego, CA, USA

Multichannel fiber-optic delay line architectures using optical polarization switching are proposed that use nonpolarization maintaining single-mode fibers while still maintaining high extinction polarization properties of the switched optical beams. Critical birefringence compensation and noise reduction techniques are introduced and demonstrated for these delay lines showing high optical polarization extinction (> 39 dB) and electrical signal-to-noise ratio (> 92 dB) results.

10.1117/12.218516