Linearizing response of adaptive interferometer based on dynamic grating in erbium-doped fiber with saturable absorption

Because of the unshifted type of recorded amplitude gratings, adaptive interferometers based on dynamic population gratings in Er-doped fibers with saturable absorption demonstrate an essentially quadratic response and, as a result, are not sensitive enough to detect a small object displacement ( <...

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Autores: D. Garcia Casillas; S. Stepanov; M. Plata Sanchez
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:INAOE
Repositorio:Redalyc-INAOE
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57021690010
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57021690010
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
erbium
doped fiber
population gratings
Adaptive interferometry
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Sumario:Because of the unshifted type of recorded amplitude gratings, adaptive interferometers based on dynamic population gratings in Er-doped fibers with saturable absorption demonstrate an essentially quadratic response and, as a result, are not sensitive enough to detect a small object displacement ( < ¿/4), and cannot distinguish the displacement direction. We propose, and experimentally demonstrate, two techniques for their linearization which are based on externally introduced phase off-set between the recording interference pattern and the recorded grating. In the transient technique, the application of a fast ¼/2 phase jump in the detected wave makes the system response linear during the transient time of the grating formation T g (typically of a millisecond-submillisecond scale in Er-doped fibers)...