We analyze two all-optical fiber-based fast polarization scramblers. In the first, a signal beam nonlinearly interacts with a co-propagating incoherent pump, whose fast temporal fluctuations induce an effective depolarization of the signal. In the second, the signal interacts with its backward replica generated and amplified by a reflective loop. Beyond an amplification threshold, the signal output polarization exhibits chaotic dynamics. Keywords: optical fiber, nonlinear effect, polarization control, all-optical signal processing.
Fast polarization scramblers based on forward and backward nonlinear interactions in optical fibers / Guasoni, Massimiliano; P. Y., Bony; S., Pitois; D., Sugny; A., Picozzi; H. R., Jauslin; Wabnitz, Stefan; J., Fatome. - (2014). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th International Conference onTransparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 tenutosi a Graz, Austria) [10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876700].
Fast polarization scramblers based on forward and backward nonlinear interactions in optical fibers
WABNITZ, Stefan;
2014
Abstract
We analyze two all-optical fiber-based fast polarization scramblers. In the first, a signal beam nonlinearly interacts with a co-propagating incoherent pump, whose fast temporal fluctuations induce an effective depolarization of the signal. In the second, the signal interacts with its backward replica generated and amplified by a reflective loop. Beyond an amplification threshold, the signal output polarization exhibits chaotic dynamics. Keywords: optical fiber, nonlinear effect, polarization control, all-optical signal processing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
