Polarization instabilities in birefringent nonlinear media: application to fiber-optic devices
Optics Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 33-35 (1986)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.11.000033
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Abstract
The intensity-dependent refractive index leads to an instability in the polarization state of an intense light beam oriented along the fast axis of a birefringent nonlinear medium. Depending on initial conditions, the spatial evolution of the polarization state can be oscillatory or rotatory, in a manner analogous to the motion of a nonlinear pendulum.
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Citation
Herbert G. Winful, "Polarization instabilities in birefringent nonlinear media: application to fiber-optic devices," Opt. Lett. 11, 33-35 (1986)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-11-1-33
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