title: Intensity discrimination of optical pulses with birefringent fibers.
abstract: An intensity discriminator for optical pulses can be made with a birefringent fiber. Such a discriminator would be useful for separating the intense subpicosecond pulses formed by solitonlike compression from the weaker uncompressed background. The discriminator utilizes an intensity-dependent state of polarization out of the fiber.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Stolen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Botineau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashkin