Title :
Switching off polarization modulation instabilities in photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Tonello, A. ; Wabnitz, S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys., Univ. de Bourgogne UMR CNRS, Dijon, France
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
By considering the full frequency-dependent dispersion and birefringence properties of a photonic crystal fiber, we found that fourth-order dispersion has a striking influence on the spectrum of modulation polarization instabilities with either group or phase birefringence phase matching. The lower threshold is frustrated and an upper threshold is created for linear birefringence values that lead to parametric gain.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase matching; photonic crystals; birefringence; fourth-order dispersion; phase matching; photonic crystal fiber; polarization modulation; Birefringence; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Photonic crystal fibers; Vectors; Birefringence; nonlinear optics; optical fiber polarization; optical parametric amplifiers; optical propagation in nonlinear media;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.873569
