Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bourderionnet, J.
• Dolfi, D.
• Huignard, J.-P.
• Ea-Kim, B.
• Corbel, E.
• Purer, D.
• Poudoulec, A.
• Gauden, D.

Titel

Endless fiber-to-fiber polarization controller based on ceramic programmable waveplates

Ist Teil von

• IEEE photonics technology letters, 2004-04, Vol.16 (4), p.1101-1103

Ort / Verlag

New York: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this letter, we report a fast and endless polarization controller based on lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) ceramic programmable waveplates. A set of four volume electrodes placed in a cylindrical arrangement are drilled in an electrooptic ceramic plate. By using the Kerr effect, and taking advantage of the high electrooptic coefficient and fast response time of the PLZT, we thus, obtain a fast rotatable and variable waveplate. Then, cascading two of these waveplates produces an endless polarization controller.