Title :
Polarization-insensitive nondegenerate four-wave mixing using circularly polarized pumps in twisted fiber
Author :
Tanemura, Takuo ; Katoh, Kazuhiro ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate polarization-insensitive fiber four-wave mixing in the asymmetric configuration by using two circularly polarized pumps in a circular-birefringence fiber. By twisting a fiber at 15 turns/m, polarization sensitivity is reduced successfully to 0.9 dB.
Keywords :
birefringence; multiwave mixing; optical fibre polarisation; circular-birefringence fiber; circularly polarized pumps; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; polarization sensitivity; twisted fiber; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202143
