This book covers the basic concepts and methods involved in polarization of light, and features important methods of analysis such as Jones matrices, Stokes parameters, and Poincar?© sphere. It provides the background needed to understand the workings of, and to design, various photonic devices, including Faraday rotators, inline fiber optic components such as polarizers, wave plates, and polarization controllers, and polarimetric sensors such as fiber optic current sensors. Birefringence and the phenomenon of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in single-mode fibers are also covered. The discussion of concepts is succinct, and the presentation of methods includes concrete examples, making the book an ideal text for students and a useful resource for engineers.
Author(s): Arun Kumar, Ajoy Ghatak
Series: SPIE Tutorial Texts TT90
Publisher: SPIE Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 247
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 13
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 Maxwell’s Equations and Plane Wave Solutions......Page 20
3 Basic Concepts of Polarization......Page 36
4 Double Refraction and Applications......Page 64
5 Jones Vector Representation of Polarized Light......Page 92
6 The Stokes Parameters Representation......Page 114
7 Poincaré Sphere Representation of Polarized Light......Page 138
8 Propagation and Polarization Characteristics of
Single-Mode Fibers......Page 154
9 Birefringence in Optical Fibers: Applications......Page 186
10 Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fibers......Page 218
Index......Page 242
