Apparatus and method employing polarization modulation to reduce

Details Apparatus and method employing polarization modulation to reduce Apparatus and method employing polarization modulation to reduce

1993-08-18

1994-11-01

Bovernick, Rodney B.

Coherent light generators

Particular beam control device

Modulation

385 11, 385 14, H01S 310, G02B 612, G02B 530

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053612701

ABSTRACT:
The effects of polarization dependent hole burning and/or polarization dependent loss are reduced by modulating the state of polarization (SOP) of an arbitrarily polarized optical signal being launched into the transmission path periodically through a predetermined sequence of polarization states. The sequence of polarization states is selected such that on average the launched modulated signal excites substantially all possible polarization states with substantially equal probability, independent of the input SOP to the polarization modulator. In one exemplary embodiment, the SOP is modulated by a combination cascade of a rotating half-wave plate followed by a quarter-wave plate, which rotates at a different angular speed. In another exemplary embodiment, the SOP is modulated by a combination cascade of two variable phase retarders oriented at fixed angles of 0.degree. and 45.degree., where the modulation frequencies of the two retarders are substantially different from each other.

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