A guided-wave rotating retarder has been developed. The device is based on the generation of a rotating elasto-optics effect by the contemporary application of three 120-degrees space-phased and time-phased forces. A first experiment made by using a GRIN lens is reported. A retarder with 1 radian of magnitude is obtained which can rotate 180 degrees. The magnitude and the rotation of the device axis are continuously adjustable. The device can be exploited also for fiber-optic components and it constitutes the basis for endless polarization compensators.

Guided-wave rotating retarder

MARTINELLI, MARIO;
1990-01-01

Abstract

A guided-wave rotating retarder has been developed. The device is based on the generation of a rotating elasto-optics effect by the contemporary application of three 120-degrees space-phased and time-phased forces. A first experiment made by using a GRIN lens is reported. A retarder with 1 radian of magnitude is obtained which can rotate 180 degrees. The magnitude and the rotation of the device axis are continuously adjustable. The device can be exploited also for fiber-optic components and it constitutes the basis for endless polarization compensators.
1990
Fiber optics; polarization
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