We study Cross Phase Modulational Instability (CPMI) -a particular form of vector modulational instability- in the anomalous dispersion regime in highly birefringent, strongly dispersive, optical fibers. When the pump power is high, the detuning of the Scalar Modulational Instability (SMI) is comparable to the detuning of the CPMI. The gain of the CPMI -which is usually much smaller than the gain of the SMI-, is then strongly enhanced and becomes much larger than the gain of the SMI. This theoretical prediction is well verified experimentally using small core photonic crystal fibers.

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Appl. Phys. B

• T. Nasilowski, T. Martynkien, G. Statkiewicz, M. Szpulak, J. Olszewski, G. Golojuch, W. Urbanczyk, J. Wojcik, P. Mergo, M. Makara, F. Berghmans, and H. Thienpont, "Temperature and pressure sensitivities of the highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber with core asymmetry," Appl. Phys. B 81, 325-331 (2005). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

• M. Fiorentino, P. L. Voss, J. E. Sharping, and P. Kumar, "All-fibre photon pair source for quantum communications," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 983-985 (2002). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt.

• F. Biancalana, and D. V. Skryabin, "Vector modulational instabilities in ultra-small core optical fibres," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6301-306 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• T. P. White, B. T. Kuhlmey, R. C. McPhedran, D. Maystre, G. Renversez, C. Martijn de Sterke, and L.C. Botten, "Multipole method for microstructured optical fibers. I. Formulation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 2322-2330 (2002). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

• P. D. Drummond, T. A. B. Kennedy, J. M. Dudley, R. Leonhardt, and J. D. Harvey, "Cross-phase modulational instability in high-birefringence fibers," Opt. Commun. 78, 137-142 (1990). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• A. Tonello, S. Pitois, S. Wabnitz, G. Millot, T. Martynkien, W. Urbanczyk, J. Wojcik, A. Locatelli, M. Conforti, and C. De Angelis, "Frequency tunable polarization and intermodal modulation instability in high birefringence holey fiber," Opt. Express 14, 397-404 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. Rarity, J. Fulconis, J. Duligall, W. Wadsworth, and P. Russell, "Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs," Opt. Express 13, 534-544 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• J. S. Y. Chen, G. K. L. Wong, S. G. Murdoch, R. J. Kruhlak, R. Leonhardt, J. D. Harvey, N. Y. Joly, and J. C. Knight, "Cross-phase modulation instability in photonic crystal fibers," Opt. Lett. 31, 873-875 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• R. J. Kruhlak, G. K. Wong, J. S. Chen, S. G. Murdoch, R. Leonhardt, J. D. Harvey, N. Y. Joly, and J. C. Knight, "Polarization modulation instability in photonic crystal fibers," Opt. Lett. 31, 1379-1381 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Millot, A. Sauter, J. M. Dudley, L. Provino, and R. S. Windeler, "Polarization mode dispersion and vectorial modulational instability in air-silica microstructure fiber," Opt. Lett. 27, 695-697 (2002). [CrossRef]
• B. Kibler, C. Billet, J. M. Dudley, R. S. Windeler, and G. Millot, "Effects of structural irregularities on modulational instability phase matching in photonic crystal fibers," Opt. Lett. 29, 1903-1905 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• S. G. Murdoch, R. Leonhardt, and J. D. Harvey, "Polarization modulation instability in weakly birefringent fibers," Opt. Lett. 20, 866-868 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• D. Amans, E. Brainis, M. Haelterman, Ph. Emplit, and S. Massar "Vector modulation instability induced by vacuum fluctuations in highly birefringent fibers in the anomalous-dispersion regime," Opt. Lett. 30, 1051-1053 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

• E. Brainis, D. Amans, and S. Massar, "Scalar and vector modulation instabilities induced by vacuum fluctuations in fibers: Numerical study," Phys. Rev. A 71, 023808 (2005). [CrossRef]
• J. E. Rothenberg, "Modulational instability for normal dispersion," Phys. Rev. A 42, 682-685 (1990). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

• K. Tai, A. Hasegawa, and A. Tomita, "Observation of modulational instability in optical fibers," Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 135-138 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, third ed., (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001).

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