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Nonlinear polarizers based on four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers

Nonlinear polarizers based on four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers
Nonlinear polarizers based on four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers
Parametric amplification or four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers may be exploited to implement a novel type of nonlinear polarizer. Such a device leads to the simultaneous amplification, frequency conversion, and repolarization of both signal and idler waves along one of the principal birefringence axes of the fiber, independently of the pump, signal, and idler input state of polarization, power, and frequency detuning. We discuss the conditions for the observation of polarization attraction in fiber optics parametric amplifiers operating with a pump in either the normal or the anomalous dispersion regime.
0740-3224
1511-1520
Guasoni, M.
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Wabnitz, S.
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Guasoni, M.
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Wabnitz, S.
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Guasoni, M. and Wabnitz, S. (2012) Nonlinear polarizers based on four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 29 (6), 1511-1520. (doi:10.1364/JOSAB.29.001511).

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Parametric amplification or four-wave mixing in high-birefringence optical fibers may be exploited to implement a novel type of nonlinear polarizer. Such a device leads to the simultaneous amplification, frequency conversion, and repolarization of both signal and idler waves along one of the principal birefringence axes of the fiber, independently of the pump, signal, and idler input state of polarization, power, and frequency detuning. We discuss the conditions for the observation of polarization attraction in fiber optics parametric amplifiers operating with a pump in either the normal or the anomalous dispersion regime.

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Published date: 21 March 2012

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Local EPrints ID: 442690
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442690
ISSN: 0740-3224
PURE UUID: 259741db-0b60-4cc6-a60b-c5a3b8a8f373

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Author: M. Guasoni
Author: S. Wabnitz

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