Intensity noise-driven nonlinear fiber polarization scrambler

Anno: 2014

Autori: Guasoni M., Fatome J., Wabnitz S.

Affiliazione autori: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell\’Informazione, Università Degli Studi di Brescia, via Branze 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy

Abstract: We propose and analyze a novel all-optical fiber polarization scrambler based on the transfer (via the Kerr effect) of the intensity fluctuations of an incoherent pump beam into polarization fluctuations of a frequency-shifted signal beam, copropagating in a randomly birefringent telecom fiber. Optimal signal polarization scrambling results whenever the input signal and pump beams have nearly orthogonal states of polarization. The nonlinear polarization scrambler may operate on either cw or high-bit-rate pulsed signals.

Giornale/Rivista: OPTICS LETTERS

Volume: 39 (18)      Da Pagina: 5309  A: 5312

Maggiori informazioni: This research was funded by the European Research Council under Grant Agreement 306633, ERC PETAL, the iXCore Foundation, and the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) (Grant Contract 2012BFNWZ2).
Parole chiavi: Digital image storage; Optical fibers; Optical Kerr effect, Incoherent pump; Intensity fluctuations; Non-linear fiber; Nonlinear polarizations; Optimal signals; Orthogonal state; Polarization fluctuations; Polarization scrambler, Polarization
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.005309

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