Polarization-independent, wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator using a nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer

Author

Lim, Han Chuen ; Futami, Fumio ; Kikuchi, Kazuro

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

11

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

578

Lastpage

580

Abstract

We propose and experiment with a novel configuration of a wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator using a nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer. In the proposed configuration, two orthogonally polarized pump waves are fed into different ports of the Sagnac interferometer, and we can achieve polarization-independent as well as wavelength-shift-free operation.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; Sagnac interferometer; nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer; orthogonally polarized pump waves; polarization-independent operation; polarization-independent wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator; wavelength-shift-free operation; wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Sagnac interferometers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.759404

Filename

759404