title: Evidence of Raman-induced polarization pulling.
abstract: The interest towards passive control of the light polarization through nonlinear effects has been stimulated by recent works: in particular a polarization pulling effect has been obtained by means of stimulated Brillouin scattering. Here we investigate the condition for obtaining polarization pulling by exploiting the stimulated Raman scattering, which is most suitable for optical communications thanks to its large gain bandwidth. The role of the polarization-dependent Raman amplification and of the random fiber birefringence is clarified by theoretical considerations and numerical simulations starting from the vector theory of the Raman effect in optical fiber. Experiments carried out with a 1571-nm signal and high-power 1486-nm pump evidence the Raman-induced polarization pulling.
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics and Information, Via G. Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cirigliano
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marazzi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martelli