Reduction of the degree of polarisation of an Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source with a 3-section Lyot fibre depolariser

M. Matar; Ian M. Bassett; John H. Haywood; Andrew Michie

doi:10.1117/12.624404

23 May 2005 Reduction of the degree of polarisation of an Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source with a 3-section Lyot fibre depolariser

M. Matar, Ian M. Bassett, John H. Haywood, Andrew Michie

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Proceedings Volume 5855, 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624404
Event: 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2005, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

A 3-Section Lyot Fibre Depolariser was used to substantially reduce the degree of polarisation of an Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source. The residual degree of polarisation of this improved Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source is found to be 0.05% (-33dB).

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M. Matar, Ian M. Bassett, John H. Haywood, and Andrew Michie "Reduction of the degree of polarisation of an Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source with a 3-section Lyot fibre depolariser", Proc. SPIE 5855, 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, (23 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624404

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