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Bloch wave theory of modulational polarization instabilities in birefringent optical fibers

Stefano TrilloStefan Wabnitz

subject

PhysicsBirefringenceOptical fiberPhysics::OpticsNonlinear opticsPolarization-maintaining optical fiberMathematics::Spectral TheoryPolarization (waves)law.inventionModulational instabilityCross-polarized wave generationlawQuantum mechanicsBloch wave

description

The modulational instability gain spectra, of an arbitrarily polarized intense pump wave that experiences periodic nonlinear polarization rotation in a birefringent optical fiber, are derived by Floquet analysis. The predictions of the linearized analysis are confirmed by numerical simulations of the coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1997-07-01
http://hdl.handle.net/11379/5932