Vector Modulation Interaction in a Rapidly Spun Fiber

Author

McKinstrie, C.J. ; Kogelnik, H.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, CA, USA

Volume

18

Issue

2

fYear

2012

Firstpage

726

Lastpage

737

Abstract

The vector modulation interaction is a degenerate four-wave mixing process in which a strong pump drives weak signal and idler sidebands, each of which has two polarization components. In this paper, the Jones-Stokes formalism is used to study the vector modulation interaction in a rapidly spun fiber. Comprehensive formulas are derived for the signal and idler eigenvectors, and the transfer functions for the associated eigenamplitudes, which are valid for arbitrary pump polarizations. Not only do these formulas describe the sideband evolution classically, they also enable the quantum-mechanical description of the sideband evolution in both the Heisenberg and Schrödinger pictures.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; quantum theory; transfer functions; Heisenberg pictures; Jones-Stokes formalism; Schrodinger pictures; arbitrary pump polarizations; eigenamplitudes; four-wave mixing process; idler eigenvectors; idler sidebands; polarization components; quantum-mechanical description; rapidly spun fiber; sideband evolution; transfer functions; vector modulation interaction; Amplitude modulation; Argon; Dispersion; Equations; Frequency modulation; Photonics; Four-wave mixing; nonlinear optical devices; optical polarization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2130513

Filename

5756435