title: Analytic theory of fiber-optic Raman polarizers.
abstract: The Raman polarizer is a Raman amplifier which not only amplifies but also repolarizes light. We propose a relatively simple and analytically tractable model - the ideal Raman polarizer, for describing the operation of this device. The model efficiently determines key device parameters such as the degree of polarization, the alignment parameter, the gain and the RIN variance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Engineering, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. victor.kozlov@email.com
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nuño
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ania-Castañón
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wabnitz
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*