DocumentCode
1298414
Title
Polarization Attraction in Counterpropagating Fiber Raman Amplifiers
Author
Chiarello, Fabrizio ; Ursini, L. ; Palmieri, L. ; Santagiustina, Marco
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padova, Italy
Volume
23
Issue
20
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1457
Lastpage
1459
Abstract
Polarization attraction in counterpropagating, randomly birefringent, fiber Raman amplifiers is numerically investigated, including the effects of nonlinear polarization rotation, pump depletion and orthogonal Raman gain. The analysis determines the limitations of the pulling efficiency, and shows that the maximum achievable mean degree of polarization is a function of the mean gain.
Keywords
birefringence; light propagation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; optical rotation; counter-propagating fiber Raman amplifiers; nonlinear polarization rotation; orthogonal Raman gain; polarization attraction; pulling efficiency; pump depletion; randomly birefringent amplifiers; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission; Birefringence; Raman scattering; optical fibers; polarization;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2011.2163061
Filename
5985478
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