DocumentCode
1396246
Title
Unified Treatment of Forward and Backward Propagating Polarized Lightwaves
Author
Mecozzi, Antonio ; Antonelli, Cristian
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy
Volume
29
Issue
5
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
642
Lastpage
655
Abstract
The implications of time symmetry on the relation between forward and backward propagation of polarized optical fields are discussed making use of a newly developed formalism. The constraints imposed by spatial symmetries to the effect of static fields on a medium birefringence are elucidated. Special cases are the Faraday effect and the Cotton-Mouton effect. Compensation of round-trip birefringence is finally investigated.
Keywords
Faraday effect; birefringence; light polarisation; light propagation; Cotton-Mouton effect; Faraday effect; backward propagation; forward propagation; polarized lightwaves; polarized optical fields; round-trip birefringence; static fields; Backpropagation; birefringence; optical fiber polarization; optical polarization; optical propagation in anisotropic media;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2010.2095411
Filename
5659460
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