Title :
Effective all-optical polarization control induced by Raman nonlinear amplification
Author :
Ferrario, Maddalena ; Gilardone, Valentina ; Martelli, Paolo ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron. & Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
An effective all-optical Raman-based stabilization of any input polarization into a single state is experimentally proved exploiting an optimal combination of pump power, fibre PMD and fibre length, identified through systematic numerical simulations.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; Raman nonlinear amplification; all-optical Raman-based stabilization; all-optical polarization control; fibre PMD; fibre length; input polarization; pump power; stimulated Raman scattering; systematic numerical simulations; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optimized production technology; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621415
