DEPOLARIZED SOURCE FOR HIGH-POWER REMOTE OPERATION OF AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULATOR

Authors
HOWERTON MM BURNS WK
Citation
Mm. Howerton et Wk. Burns, DEPOLARIZED SOURCE FOR HIGH-POWER REMOTE OPERATION OF AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULATOR, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(1), 1994, pp. 115-117
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
115 - 117
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:1<115:DSFHRO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A depolarized source is demonstrated at 1.3 mum by using a Ti:LiNbO3 p hase modulator to modulate a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser. This approach is shown to be simultaneously effective in increasing the threshold fo r stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). SBS was totally suppressed in 10.5 km fiber for fiber input powers up to 14.2 mW when the phase mod ulator was driven at 1 GHz. Stable operation was observed when the dep olarized source was used as the input to a remote integrated optic mod ulator.