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Broadband Tuning of Polarization Modulation Instability in Microstructured Optical Fiber through Thermal Heating

Miguel V. AndrésAntonio DiezEnrique SilvestreA. Loredo-trejo

subject

Optical fiberMaterials sciencebusiness.industryGeothermal heatingPhysics::OpticsMicrostructured optical fiberPolarization (waves)Instabilitylaw.inventionsymbols.namesakelawBroadbandsymbolsOptoelectronicsbusinessRefractive indexRaman scattering

description

Broadband tuning of polarization modulation instability in microstructured optical fibers is reported. Tunability is achieved by simultaneous birefringence-dispersion changes through thermal heating. 906 cm-1 frequency tunability range is attained.

https://doi.org/10.1364/np.2020.npm2d.4