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.
Title
All-Optical Polarization Control through Brillouin Amplification
Published in
Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conferencer Optic Engineers Conference
Series
OSA Technical Digest (CD)
Pages
Paper OML7
Conference
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, San Diego, California United States, February 24-28, 2008
Date
2008
Publisher
Optical Society of America
ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Note
Invited Paper
Record creation date
2008-09-29