Design of a polarization-insensitive optical fiber probe based on effective parameters

Thi-Thu-Hien Pham; Yu-Lung Lo

doi:10.1117/12.885178

17 May 2011 Design of a polarization-insensitive optical fiber probe based on effective parameters

Thi-Thu-Hien Pham, Yu-Lung Lo

Proceedings Volume 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 77535L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885178
Event: 21st International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS21), 2011, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

By inserting a polarization controller, a polarization-insensitive optical fiber probe is first proposed. In order to design a fiber probe acting as a free-space media, the five effective parameters of an optical fiber are extracted by an analytical technique based on the Mueller matrix and the Stokes parameters. The feasibility of the common-path interferometer with a polarization-insensitive optical fiber probe for remote measurements is demonstrated by absolutely extracting the linear birefringence and linear diattenuation properties of a quarter-wave plate and a polarizer, respectively. A polarization-insensitive fiber probe is crucial for optical fiber applications in a polarization-sensitive near-field scanning optical microscopy and the remote sensing.

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Thi-Thu-Hien Pham and Yu-Lung Lo "Design of a polarization-insensitive optical fiber probe based on effective parameters", Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 77535L (17 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885178

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