DocumentCode
3524314
Title
All-Optical Polarization Control Through Brillouin Amplification
Author
Thevenaz, Luc ; Zadok, Avi ; Eyal, Avishay ; Tur, Moshe
Author_Institution
Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Amplification through stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers can totally modify the polarization properties of the light, enabling an all-optical polarization control and a direct estimate on the fiber birefringence.
Keywords
birefringence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin amplification; all-optical polarization control; fiber birefringence; light polarization; optical fibers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528363
Filename
4528363
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