Demonstration of polarization pulling using a fiber-optic parametric amplifier.

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Date publication

novembre 2012

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MAILLOTTE Hervé


Tous les auteurs :
Stiller B, Morin P, Nguyen DM, Fatome J, Pitois S, Lantz E, Maillotte H, Menyuk CR, Sylvestre T

Résumé

We report the observation of all-optical polarization pulling of an initially polarization-scrambled signal using parametric amplification in a highly nonlinear optical fiber. Broadband polarization pulling has been achieved both for the signal and idler waves with up to 25 dB gain using the strong polarization sensitivity of parametric amplifiers. We further derive the probability distribution function for the final polarization state, assuming a randomly polarized initial state, and we show that it agrees well with the experiments.

Référence

Opt Express. 2012 Nov 19;20(24):27248-53