title: Low-frequency and high-frequency all-fiber modulators based on birefringence modulation.
abstract: In-line optical modulators with low insertion losses and high maximum optical powers are required for Q switching and cavity dumping of fiber lasers as well as for nonlinear optical-fiber experiments. We report the design of polarimetric all-fiber modulators based on optical-fiber birefringence modulation combined with an all-fiber polarizer. Birefringence modulation involves a piezoelectric ceramic tube. This simple technique permits efficient low-frequency and high-frequency harmonic modulation, up to the megahertz range, as well as modulation of pulses shorter than 1 micros.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Loma del Bosque 115, 37150 Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Boyain
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez-León
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diez
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Andrés