IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

12 krad/s endless polarization stabilization with lithium niobate component

B. Koch, A. Hidayat, H. Zhang, Vitali Mirvoda, Manfred Lichtinger, D. Sandel, R. Noé

Published Jan 1, 2008• 2 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate an FPGA-based control system which compensates random polarization changes with a fluctuation speed of up to 12 krad/s. Endless and uninterruptible behavior is confirmed. The residual polarization mismatch remains below 0.16 rad.

DOI: 10.1109/leosst.2008.4590573

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