We report the observation of all-optical polarization pulling of an initially polarization-scrambled signal using parametric amplification in a highly nonlinear optical fiber. Broadband polarization pulling has been achieved both for the signal and idler waves with up to 25 dB gain using the strong polarization sensitivity of parametric amplifiers. We further derive the probability distribution function for the final polarization state, assuming a randomly polarized initial state, and we show that it agrees well with the experiments.

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IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron.

• J. Fatome, P. Morin, S. Pitois, and G. Millot, “Light-by-Light Polarization Control of 10-Gb/s RZ and NRZ Telecommunication Signals,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron.18(2), 621–628 (2012). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

• L. Ursini, M. Santagiustina, and L. Palmieri, “Raman Nonlinear Polarization Pulling in the Pump Depleted Regime in Randomly Birefringent Fibers,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(4), 1041–1135 (2011). [CrossRef]
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J. Lightwave Technol.

• N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, and A. N. Pinto, “Influence of the Stimulated Raman Scattering on the Four-Wave Mixing Process in Birefringent Fibers,” J. Lightwave Technol.27(22), 4979–4988 (2009). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• J. F. L. Freitas, C. J. S. de Matos, M. B. Costa e Silva, and A. S. L. Gomes, “Impact of phase modulation and parametric gain on signal polarization in an anomalously dispersive optical fiber,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B24(7), 1469–1474 (2007). [CrossRef]
• M. Guasoni and S. Wabnitz, “Nonlinear polarizers based on four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B29, 1511–1520 (2012). [CrossRef]
• Q. Lin and G. P. Agrawal, “Vector theory of four-wave mixing: polarization effects in fiber-optic parameteric amplifiers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B21, 1216–1224 (2004). [CrossRef]
• V. V. Kozlov, J. Nuno, and S. Wabnitz, “Theory of lossless polarization attraction in telecommunication fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28(1), 100–108 (2011). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• M. Martinelli, M. Cirigliano, M. Ferrario, L. Marazzi, and P. Martelli, “Evidence of Raman-induced polarization pulling,” Opt. Express17(2), 947–955 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• Z. Shmilovitch, N. Primerov, A. Zadok, A. Sanghoon Chin, L. Thevenaz, and M. Tur, “Dual-pump push-pull polarization control using stimulated Brillouin scattering,” Opt. Express19, 25873–25880 (2011). [CrossRef]
• A. Zadok, E. Zilka, A. Eyal, L. Thevenaz, and M. Tur, “Vector analysis of stimulated Brillouin scattering amplification in standard single-mode fibers,” Opt. Express16(26), 21692–21707 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• S. Pitois, J. Fatome, and G. Millot, “Polarization attraction using counter-propagating waves in optical fiber at telecommunication wavelengths,” Opt. Express16(9), 6646–6651 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• M. E. Marhic, Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers, Oscillators and Related Devices (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge2007). [CrossRef]

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