Abstract

An intensity discriminator for optical pulses can be made with a birefringent fiber. Such a discriminator would be useful for separating the intense subpicosecond pulses formed by solitonlike compression from the weaker uncompressed background. The discriminator utilizes an intensity-dependent state of polarization out of the fiber.

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Intensity discrimination with twisted birefringent optical fibers

Herbert G. Winful and Andong Hu
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Wavelength dependence of birefringence in highly birefringent fibers

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