Nonlinear cross-polarization modulation between two wavelength multiplexed channels propagating in an elliptically birefringent optical fiber leads to polarization domain wall solitons. These solitons represent a switching of the polarization of both waves between two stable orthogonal states. The potential application of polarization domains to nonlinear loss-free polarizers is described.

Cross-polarization modulation domain wall solitons for WDM signals in birefringent optical fibers / Wabnitz, Stefan. - In: IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. - ISSN 1041-1135. - 21:13(2009), pp. 875-877.

Cross-polarization modulation domain wall solitons for WDM signals in birefringent optical fibers

WABNITZ, Stefan
2009

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Nonlinear cross-polarization modulation between two wavelength multiplexed channels propagating in an elliptically birefringent optical fiber leads to polarization domain wall solitons. These solitons represent a switching of the polarization of both waves between two stable orthogonal states. The potential application of polarization domains to nonlinear loss-free polarizers is described.
2009
Nonlinear optics; optical fiber polarization; optical propagation in nonlinear media
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Cross-polarization modulation domain wall solitons for WDM signals in birefringent optical fibers / Wabnitz, Stefan. - In: IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. - ISSN 1041-1135. - 21:13(2009), pp. 875-877.
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