POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT KERR COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENT IN OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
AMATO L FELLEGARA A SACCHETTO P BOFFI P MELLONI A MARTINELLI M
Citation
L. Amato et al., POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT KERR COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENT IN OPTICAL FIBERS, Optics letters, 21(8), 1996, pp. 612-614
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
612 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:8<612:PKCMIO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A novel cross-phase modulation scheme that permits measurement of the optical Kerr coefficient in non-polarization-preserving fiber is prese nted. The scheme is based on a Michelson-type interferometer in which one mirror is replaced by an orthoconjugated mirror. The use of this d evice leads to an effective insensitivity with respect to the state of polarization of the probe and pump beams. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America.