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Observation of induced modulational polarization instabilities and pulse-train generation in the normal-dispersion regime of a birefringent optical fiber

Observation of induced modulational polarization instabilities and pulse-train generation in the normal-dispersion regime of a birefringent optical fiber

Authors :
Millot, G.
Seve, E.
Wabnitz, S.
Haelterman, M.
Source :
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics; April 1998, Vol. 15 Issue: 4 p1266-1277, 12p
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Four-photon mixing in a low-birefringence fiber is strongly influenced by the orientation of the pump and signal waves with respect to the fiber axes. We experimentally investigated the dependence of the modulational gain spectra on pump power and polarization by mixing orthogonal pump and probe light beams in a birefringent optical fiber. With a pump on the fast fiber axis, a cascade of sidebands was generated in the regime of normal fiber dispersion. These sidebands are shown to correspond to 0.2–0.3-THz trains of pulses with complex polarization profiles. The analysis reveals that, at particular values of the input pump and probe powers and signal frequency detuning, trains of dark-solitonlike pulses can be generated on the axis orthogonal to the pump.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
07403224 and 15208540
Volume :
15
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs18658014