Fast polarization scramblers based on forward and backward nonlinear interactions in optical fibers

Author

Guasoni, M. ; Bony, P.-Y. ; Pitois, S. ; Sugny, D. ; Picozzi, A. ; Jauslin, H.-R. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Fatome, J.

Author_Institution

Lab. Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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

fluctuations; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; all-optical fiber-based fast polarization scramblers; amplification threshold; backward nonlinear interactions; chaotic dynamics; co-propagating incoherent pump; forward nonlinear interactions; reflective loop; signal beam; signal output polarization; temporal fluctuations; Chaos; Geometry; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; all-optical signal processing; nonlinear effect; optical fiber; polarization control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876700

Filename

6876700