Rd. Esman et Mj. Marrone, PASSIVE ELIMINATION OF POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY OF FIBEROPTIC MICROWAVE MODULATORS, IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 43(9), 1995, pp. 2208-2213
The polarization sensitivity of a bidirectional fiberoptic modulator i
s passively eliminated by incorporating the modulator in an orthoconju
gate loop mirror or in an in-line fiber loop. We describe and analyze
these fiber loop configurations which allow remote interrogation of po
larization-sensitive devices with either one or two conventional singl
emode fibers. For bulk single-drive modulators, the polarization sensi
tivity is reduced to +/-0.15 dB out to 2 GHz. By utilizing a balanced,
dust-drive feed to a bidirectional traveling-wave modulator, residual
polarization sensitivity of +/-2 dB is demonstrated for ultrawideband
operation to 25 GHz and +/-0.3 dB for narrowbands.