Electric-arc-induced strength-controllable weak polarization mode coupling in polarization maintaining fiber

Yanshuang Zhao; Sheng Huang; Zhiru Cui; Quan Chai; Yanlei Liu; Jing Ren; Jianzhong Zhang; Elfed Lewis; Zhihai Liu; Jun Yang; Libo Yuan

doi:10.1364/AO.57.006446

Electric-arc-induced strength-controllable weak polarization mode coupling in polarization maintaining fiber

Yanshuang Zhao, Sheng Huang, Zhiru Cui, Quan Chai, Yanlei Liu, Jing Ren, Jianzhong Zhang, Elfed Lewis, Zhihai Liu, Jun Yang, Libo Yuan

Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering

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Abstract

An electric-arc-based scheme to generate strength-controllable weak polarization mode coupling (PMC) points in polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) is described. The resulting PMC strengths can be readily controlled to be in the very weak range of −60 to −40 dB. In this range, excellent mechanical strength combined with high return loss is achieved. An experimental quasi-distributed temperature sensor is formed by three separate PMC points in a single PMF using the electric arc method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6446-6450
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	57
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.57.006446
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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