High-speed endless optical polarization stabilization using calibrated waveplates and field-programmable gate array-based digital controller.
A truly endless polarization stabilization experiment with a tracking speed of 15 krad/s is presented. The high-speed polarization tracking is realized by using calibrated lithium niobate linear retardation waveplates as the polarization transformers combined with a very fast digital controller running on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA).
Hidayat
Ariya
A
University Paderborn, EIM-E, Optical Communication and High-Frequency Engineering, Paderborn, Germany. hidayat@ont.upb.de
Koch
Benjamin
B
Zhang
Hongbin
H
Mirvoda
Vitali
V
Lichtinger
Manfred
M
Sandel
David
D
Noé
Reinhold
R
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005246:Feedback; D005858:Germany; D055096:Optical Devices; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*