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Intensity noise-driven nonlinear fiber polarization scrambler
Massimiliano GuasoniJulien FatomeStefan Wabnitzsubject
Physicsoptical Kerr effectBirefringenceKerr effectPolarization rotatoroptical fibersbusiness.industryDigital image storage; optical fibers; optical Kerr effectPhysics::OpticsPolarization-maintaining optical fiber02 engineering and technologyPolarization (waves)01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics010309 optics020210 optoelectronics & photonicsOpticsSignal beamPolarization scrambling0103 physical sciences0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringRadial polarizationOptoelectronicsDigital image storagebusinessdescription
We propose and analyze a novel all-optical fiber polarization scrambler based on the transfer (via the Kerr effect) of the intensity fluctuations of an incoherent pump beam into polarization fluctuations of a frequency-shifted signal beam, copropagating in a randomly birefringent telecom fiber. Optimal signal polarization scrambling results whenever the input signal and pump beams have nearly orthogonal states of polarization. The nonlinear polarization scrambler may operate on either cw or high-bit-rate pulsed signals.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-01 |