A Planar Waveguide Single-detector Polarimeter
23 February 2004
An integrated polarimeter using thermo-optic phase shifters, 4%-∆ Ge-doped silica waveguides and requiring only a single detector is presented. Thermo-optic phase shifter speeds up to 10 kHz are reported. ÆÉ2004 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 130.3120 (Integrated optics devices), 230.7390 (Waveguides, planar)