In-Line Liquid Crystal Microcell Polarimeters and Waveplates for High Speed Polarization Analysis and Control

B. Acharya; C. Madsen; K. Baldwin; R. Macharrie; J. Rogers; L. Moeller; C. Huang; R. Pindak

In-Line Liquid Crystal Microcell Polarimeters and Waveplates for High Speed Polarization Analysis and Control

B. Acharya, C. Madsen, K. Baldwin, R. Macharrie, J. Rogers, L. Moeller, C. Huang, R. Pindak

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

The design, fabrication and performance of a class of high speed nematic liquid crystal (NLC) based microcell waveplates that were formed directly between the tips of optical fibers were presented. A switching speed of one degree per microsecond was demonstrated at moderately low operating voltages. The fabrication of the microcell waveplate was done by micropatterning four ∼0.2 μm thick electrodes directly on the tip of the optical fiber, mounted in a glass fiber ferrule assembly. These waveplate have been implemented for degree of polarization (DOP) and state of polarization (SOP) measurements and for polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation in 40 Gb/s transmission systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	312-313
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 2003

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In-Line Liquid Crystal Microcell Polarimeters and Waveplates for High Speed Polarization Analysis and Control

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