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Theory of lossless polarization attraction in telecommunication fibers |
JOSA B, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 100-108 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.28.000100
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Abstract
In this work, polarization attraction is meant to be the conservative nonlinear effect that transforms any arbitrary input state of polarization (SOP) of an intense optical signal beam fed to a nonlinear medium into approximately one and the same SOP at the output, provided that the medium is driven by a relatively stronger counterpropagating pump beam. Essentially, the combination of the nonlinear medium and the pump beam serves as a lossless polarizer for the signal beam. The degree of polarization of the outcoming signal beam can be close to 100% (90% in our present simulations). With an eye toward the development of such lossless polarizers for fiber optics applications, we theoretically study the polarization attraction effect in the optical fibers that are used in telecommunication links; i.e., randomly birefringent fibers. A generic model for the fiber-based lossless polarizers is derived, and a statistical scheme for the quantification of their performance is proposed.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices
(230.4320) Optical devices : Nonlinear optical devices
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: August 27, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: October 18, 2010
Published: December 14, 2010
Citation
Victor V. Kozlov, Javier Nuño, and Stefan Wabnitz, "Theory of lossless polarization attraction in telecommunication fibers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 100-108 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-28-1-100
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