Title :
All-Optical Polarization Control Through Brillouin Amplification
Author :
Thevenaz, Luc ; Zadok, Avi ; Eyal, Avishay ; Tur, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Amplification through stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers can totally modify the polarization properties of the light, enabling an all-optical polarization control and a direct estimate on the fiber birefringence.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin amplification; all-optical polarization control; fiber birefringence; light polarization; optical fibers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528363
