In-line liquid-crystal microcell polarimeter for high-speed polarization analysis. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report a type of high-speed microcell polarimeter that utilizes microelectrodes, liquid-crystal films, and ultrathin high-contrast polarizers, all integrated between the tips of two optical fibers. When combined with optimized nematic liquid-crystal materials, this compact (2.5 cm x 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm) device offers excellent optical properties and continuous, high-speed operation at > 2 kHz with moderately low operating voltages. It requires no bulk optical elements, and it shows excellent performance when implemented for the measurement of degree of polarization in 10-Gbit/s test systems. Polarimeters based on this design have promising potential applications in polarization analysis for high-speed optical communication systems.

published proceedings

  • Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Acharya, B. R., Madsen, C. K., Baldwin, K. W., MacHarrie, R. A., Rogers, J. A., Mller, L., Huang, C. C., & Pindak, R.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Acharya, Bharat R||Madsen, CK||Baldwin, KW||MacHarrie, RA||Rogers, JA||Möller, L||Huang, CC||Pindak, R

publication date

  • January 2003