Brillouin-Induced Dynamic Arbitrary Birefringence

[EN] A nonlinear method to generate and control both the type and magnitude of the birefringence, as well as differential group delay (DGD) in optical fibers is studied. Experiments show that both parameters of birefringence can be dynamically changed with only a slight variation of the SBS-induced...

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Autores: Samaniego-Riera, Diego, Zoireff, Gustavo, Vidal, Borja|||0000-0002-0942-3259
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/168595
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/168595
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optical fibers
Refractive index
Optical scattering
Optical polarization
Optical refraction
Fiber nonlinear optics
Optical variables control
Birefringence
Differential group delay
Group velocity dispersion
Polarization
Stimulated Brillouin scattering
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Sumario:[EN] A nonlinear method to generate and control both the type and magnitude of the birefringence, as well as differential group delay (DGD) in optical fibers is studied. Experiments show that both parameters of birefringence can be dynamically changed with only a slight variation of the SBS-induced gain of the system. The method is based on exploiting polarization dependence of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers. The generation of controlled DGD and DGD dispersion (DGDD) is also demonstrated. Proof-of-concept experiments are provided showing the feasibility of dynamically inducing linear, circular and elliptical birefringence, as well as DGD and DGDD.