Forward polarization control for remote laser
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsNorbert Schlepple, Weizhuo Li, Jean-Luc J. Tambasco
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Abstract
A system includes an optical source, an integrated circuit, an optical fiber, and a polarization controller. The optical source is arranged emit an optical signal. The integrated circuit includes a mirror. The optical fiber carries the optical signal from the optical source to the integrated circuit. The mirror reflects a transverse magnetic component of the optical signal through the optical fiber to the optical source. The polarization controller adjusts, based on the transverse magnetic component, the optical signal emitted from the optical source such that the transverse magnetic component is reduced.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- an optical source arranged to emit an optical signal;
- an integrated circuit comprising a first polarization beam splitter and a mirror;
- an optical fiber arranged to carry the optical signal from the optical source to the integrated circuit, wherein the first polarization beam splitter is arranged to split the optical signal at the integrated circuit into a transverse electric component and a transverse magnetic component, wherein the mirror is arranged to reflect the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal through the optical fiber to the optical source;
- a second polarization beam splitter arranged to direct the transverse magnetic component to a photodiode, wherein the photodiode is arranged to convert the transverse magnetic component into an electrical signal;
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- a polarization controller configured to adjust, based on the electrical signal, the optical signal emitted from the optical source such that the transverse magnetic component is reduced.
A system comprising:
- an optical source;
- an integrated circuit;
- an optical fiber arranged to carry an optical signal emitted from the optical source to the integrated circuit through a first core of the optical fiber, wherein the optical signal experiences a first polarization change while traveling through the first core, wherein a transverse magnetic component of the optical signal is split from a transverse electric component of the optical signal, wherein a second core of the optical fiber is arranged to carry the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal from the integrated circuit back to the optical source, wherein the transverse magnetic component experiences a second polarization change reciprocal to the first polarization change while traveling through the second core;
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- a polarization controller configured to adjust, based on the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal, the optical signal emitted from the optical source such that the transverse magnetic component is reduced and such that the first polarization change is compensated.
A method comprising:
- emitting, by an optical source, an optical signal, wherein the optical source comprises a polarization controller;
- carrying, by an optical fiber, the optical signal from the optical source to an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a first polarization beam splitter and a mirror;
- splitting, by the first polarization beam splitter, the optical signal at the integrated circuit into a transverse electric component and a transverse magnetic component;
- reflecting, by the mirror, the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal through the optical fiber to the optical source;
- directing, by a second polarization beam splitter, the transverse magnetic component to a photodiode;
- converting, by the photodiode, the transverse magnetic component into an electrical signal;
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- adjusting, by the polarization controller and based on the electrical signal, the optical signal emitted from the optical source such that the transverse magnetic component is reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.