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A universal all-fiber Omnipolarizer

Hans-rudolf JauslinAntonio PicozziJulien FatomeMassimiliano GuasoniStéphane PitoisP-y. BonyDominique SugnyGuy MillotStefan WabnitzPhilippe Morin

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PhysicsOptical fiberMulti-mode optical fiberbusiness.industrySingle-mode optical fiberPhysics::OpticsPolarization-maintaining optical fiberGraded-index fiberlaw.inventionOpticslawOptoelectronicsDispersion-shifted fiberbusinessPlastic optical fiberPhotonic-crystal fiber

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We report the experimental observation of self-polarization of light in optical fibers through a counter-propagating four-wave mixing between an incident signal and its backward replica. An efficient self-polarization of a 40-Gbit/s signal is demonstrated.

10.1109/ipcon.2014.6995459http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1213986