title: Self-calibrating binary polarization analyzer.
abstract: We report a self-calibrating polarization analyzer fabricated with binary magneto-optic polarization rotators. The device automatically overcomes wavelength and temperature dependent inaccuracies and has impressive state of polarization and degree of polarization accuracies of 0.3 degrees and +/-0.5%, respectively, from 1460 to 1580 nm.
authors.affiliation: Optical Polarization Research Center, Tianjin, China. syao@generalphotonics.com
authors.forename: X Steve
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lianshan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan