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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Observation of Modulational Instability induced by a dynamical Bragg grating in an optical fiber

Guy MillotMarc HaeltermanStéphane Pitois

subject

PhysicsOptical fiberbusiness.industryWave propagationCross-phase modulationPhysics::OpticsCoupled mode theorylaw.inventionModulational instabilitysymbols.namesakeOpticsFiber Bragg gratingModulationlawsymbolsbusinessRaman scattering

description

We present a detailed experimental study on Bragg Modulational Instability in a highly birefringent fiber. The originality of our scheme is that the index modulation is obtained through cross phase modulation with a beating wave.

https://doi.org/10.1364/nlgw.2001.pd6