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RESEARCH PRODUCT

All-fiber based chaotic polarization scrambler

Massimiliano GuasoniJulien FatomeHans-rudolf JauslinAntonio PicozziPierre-yves BonyDominique Sugny

subject

Nonlinear systemOpticsMaterials sciencePolarization rotatorComputer simulationbusiness.industryPolarization mode dispersionReplicaChaoticbusinessPolarization (waves)Scrambler

description

We present a fiber-based polarization scrambler founded on the nonlinear interaction between a signal and its backward replica generated and amplified by a reflective loop. The output polarization dynamic turns out to be chaotic.

https://doi.org/10.1364/np.2014.nw3a.7