Temperature-sensitive dual-segment polarization maintaining fiber Sagnac loop mirror

Authors

• Kok Sing LimFollow
• Chang Hong Pua
• Sulaiman Wadi HarunFollow
• Harith AhmadFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Abstract

A new temperature-sensitive fiber Sagnac loop mirror (FLM) is proposed using two segments of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF). The proposed dual-segment FLM provides greater temperature sensitivity in the spectral spacing detuning compared to the conventional single-segment configuration. Besides, the proposed configuration also enables both efficient positive and negative spectral spacing detuning by rising the temperature of one of the PMF segments. The experimental results show that the proposed configuration has achieved a great improvement in increasing spectral spacing variation range by 6.6 times and an increment of temperature sensitivity as much as 337.6% as compared to the conventional configuration.

Keywords

Fiber Sagnac loop mirror, Birefringence, Polarization maintaining fiber

Publication Title

Optics & Laser Technology

ISSN

0030-3992

Recommended Citation

Lim, Kok Sing; Pua, Chang Hong; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi; and Ahmad, Harith, "Temperature-sensitive dual-segment polarization maintaining fiber Sagnac loop mirror" (2010). Research Publications (2006 to 2010). 4081.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2006_2010/4081

Divisions

fac_eng,PHYSICS

Volume

42

Issue

2

Publisher

Elsevier