Experimental evidence of Brillouin-induced polarization wheeling in highly birefringent optical fibers

doi:10.1364/OE.17.012612

Experimental evidence of Brillouin-induced polarization wheeling in highly birefringent optical fibers

Julien Fatome, Stéphane Pitois, and Guy Millot »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 15, pp. 12612-12618 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.012612

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Abstract

We study the influence of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering on the polarization stabilization of a light beam propagating in a highly-birefringent optical fiber. In particular, due to a saturation effect, we find that the output polarization lies on a ring when the polarization is represented onto the Poincaré sphere.

OCIS Codes
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(070.6020) Fourier optics and signal processing : Continuous optical signal processing
(230.4320) Optical devices : Nonlinear optical devices

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: May 14, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 6, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 7, 2009
Published: July 10, 2009

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Julien Fatome, Stéphane Pitois, and Guy Millot, "Experimental evidence of Brillouin-induced polarization wheeling in highly birefringent optical fibers," Opt. Express 17, 12612-12618 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-15-12612

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