AN OPTICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A POLARIZATION CONTROLLER AND A METHOD OF OPERATION

• Main Authors: NGUYEN, Thien An Thi, MILLER, William James, YEARY, Lucas Wayne, NOLAN, Daniel Aloysius
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.06.2023
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

An optcal system comprising: (i) a light source, (ii) at least one polarization controller situated downstream of the light source and comprising: an optical fiber and a carrier surrounding the optical fiber, the carrier comprising an off-center through hole with at least one collapsed region, such that the optical fiber is situated within the through hole and contacts the at least one collapsed region of the through hole, (iii) at least one optical fiber coupled to the polarization controller; and (iv) at least one optical detector situated downstream of the at least one optical fiber.