title: Direct measurement of frequency and polarization dependences of cross-phase modulation in fibers from high-resolution optical spectra.
abstract: We present the results of an experiment for frequency and polarization dependence characterization of non-linear cross-phase-modulation (XPM) effects in optical fibers. The measurement technique is based on the direct analysis of high-resolution optical spectra of a signal wave that is phase modulated by an intensity-modulated pump wave. Measurement results provide experimental confirmation of the scalar character, over the whole resonant frequency range, of the electrostrictive contribution to the nonlinear refractive index. Also, the results confirm experimentally the relation describing the polarization dependence of the Kerr contribution to XPM in non-polarization-maintaining fibers.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. cdheras@unizar.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heras
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Subías
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pelayo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villuendas