COMBINED SPECTRAL EFFECTS OF PULSE WALK-OFF AND DEGENERATE CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN BIREFRINGENT FIBERS

Authors
SYLVESTRE T MAILLOTTE H LANTZ E GINDRE D
Citation
T. Sylvestre et al., COMBINED SPECTRAL EFFECTS OF PULSE WALK-OFF AND DEGENERATE CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN BIREFRINGENT FIBERS, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and materials, 6(3), 1997, pp. 313-320
Citations number
10
Journal title
Journal of nonlinear optical physics and materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
02188635
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
313 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-8635(1997)6:3<313:CSEOPW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
When a single ultrashort light pulse propagates through a birefringent optical fiber, degenerate cross-phase modulation occurs between the t wo orthogonal linearly polarized components of the pulse. The combined effects of pulse walk-off and degenerate-cross-phase modulation are c haracterized theoretically and experimentally. They cause asymmetry an d decrease of the induced spectral broadening in comparison with pure self-phase modulation.