A universal all-fiber Omnipolarizer

Author

Fatome, J. ; Pitois, S. ; Morin, P. ; Bony, P.Y. ; Assemat, E. ; Sugny, D. ; Picozzi, A. ; Jauslin, H.R. ; Millot, G. ; Kozlov, V.V. ; Guasoni, M. ; Wabnitz, S.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The all-optical control of light polarization is nowadays a fundamental issue which finds important applications in optical networks. In this field, the research has moved on the development of nonlinear methods of re-polarization of a partially coherent and initially depolarized light [1]. The main drawback of most of these devices is that they suffer from a large amount of output Relative-Intensity-Noise (RIN). However, a class of polarizers have been recently proposed which is based on the nonlinear interaction between two optical beams counter-propagating in a fiber [2]: in these devices the arbitrary state of polarization (SOP) of one of the two beams (signal) is attracted towards a specific SOP which is determined by the fixed SOP of the other beam (pump) in the fiber [2]. These polarizers turn out to be free of RIN, but they require an intense pump beam whose fixed SOP has to be also accurately stabilized.

Keywords

optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; arbitrary state-of-polarization; intense pump beam; light polarization; nonlinear method; optical networks; optical pumping; output relative-intensity-noise; universal all-fiber omnipolarizer; Laser excitation; Optical beams; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optimized production technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801258

Filename

6801258