Theoretical study of polarization attraction in high-birefringence and spun fibers.
Lossless polarizers are conservative nonlinear optical devices that transform unpolarized light into highly polarized light without polarization-dependent losses. The device proposed here consists of an up to 100-m-long segment of nonlinear highly birefringent or unidirectionally spun fiber pumped from the output end by an intense backward-propagating beam. An initially unpolarized (scrambled) signal beam acquires a degree of polarization close to 100% toward the fiber output.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universitá di Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. victor.kozlov@email.com
Victor V
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Kozlov
Stefan
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Wabnitz