Title :
A universal all-fiber Omnipolarizer
Author :
Bony, P.-Y. ; Guasoni, M. ; Pitois, S. ; Morin, P. ; Sugny, D. ; Picozzi, A. ; Jauslin, H.R. ; Millot, G. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Fatome, J.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB), Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Abstract :
We report the experimental observation of self-polarization of light in optical fibers through a counter-propagating four-wave mixing between an incident signal and its backward replica. An efficient self-polarization of a 40-Gbit/s signal is demonstrated.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; backward replica; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; counter-propagating four-wave mixing; incident signal; light self-polarization; universal all-fiber omnipolarizer; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995459
