Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an optical fiber which decreases reflected light within a prescribed limit by including a doped core and a doped end which encloses this doped core and absorbs the light radiated from the doped core. SOLUTION: This optical fiber includes the doped core and the doped end which encloses this doped core and absorbs the light radiated from the doped core. For example, the fiber 21 consists of a signal transmission section 30 and a signal attenuation section 50. The core 22 acts in such a manner that the light passes the inside of the fiber 21. At this time, the very small part of the light passing the core 22 leaks out of the circumference of the core 22. The absorption of the light is preferably higher in rate as the quantity of the light leaking from the region of the core 22 is higher. About 4% of the light in the small quantity of the light leaking from a high-absorption region is reflected at the boundary and returns to the fiber 21. The reflected light returns to the same high-absorption region. Such absorption is embodied by doping a material which absorbs the wavelength light released by the core 22 region to the region adjacent to the core 22.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to an integrated optics encryption device. The preferred embodiment of the invention is an integrated optics encryption device comprising a coherent light source connected to a multi-functional integrated optics chip (MIOC). The MIOC comprises two divergent paths with mirrored ends. The MIOC also has an encrypted message output. One path is connected to a message signal input that can alter the refractive index of the path. The other path is connected to a key signal input that can alter the refractive index of the other path.
Abstract:
A fiber optic sensing coil formed in a polarization-maintaining optical fiber has two optical fiber leads extending therefrom. A multifunction integrated optics chip linearly polarizes optical signals input to the sensing coil. Fiber optic leads formed of polarization-maintaining optical fiber extend from the multifunction integrated optics chip. The fiber optic multifunction integrated optics chip leads are arranged such that the linear polarization of optical signals output from the multifunction integrated optics chip is directed along one of the principal axes of birefringence of each of the fiber optic multifunction integrated optics chip leads. Splices are formed between corresponding the first sensing coil leads and the multifunction integrated optics chip leads. The sensing coil leads and the multifunction integrated optics chip leads are arranged such that their corresponding principal axes of birefringence are at angles of approximately 45° relative to one another. The first splice is formed a distance from the multifunction integrated optics chip such that a selected phase change between polarization components occurs in optical waves that propagate the distance L1 in the first multifunction integrated optics chip lead.
Abstract:
A method for modulating a fiber optic gyroscope achieves a reduction in output noises beyond that possible through increased peak power with conventional phase modulation. A periodic modulation waveform (28) is applied to an electro-optic modulator, such as an MIOC, to induce a periodic phase shift phi M(t) where the form of the periodic phase shift is chosen such that the gyro random walk is below that associated with maximum output signal modulation.
Abstract:
A method for modulating a fiber optic gyroscope achieves a reduction in output noise beyond that possible through increased peak power with conventional phase modulation. A periodic modulation waveform is applied to an electro-optic modulator, such as an MIOC, to induce a periodic phase shift .PHI.M(t) where the form of the periodic phase shift is chosen such that the gyro random walk is below that associated with maximum output signal modulation.