The polarization-spectral structure of the modulated light by means of modulator with two ADP crystals and a half-wave plate

摘要

An analysis of the polarization dynamics of the light modulated by means of the transverse electrooptic effect in a modulator with two ADP crystals and a half-wave plate placed between them is performed in the Jones matrix formalism and in terms of coherence matrix, for an arbitrary bias voltage applied to the ADP crystals. Two important cases for applications, no bias voltage and quarter-wave plate bias voltage applied to the ADP crystals, are particularized.