title: Intensity noise-driven nonlinear fiber polarization scrambler.
abstract: We propose and analyze a novel all-optical fiber polarization scrambler based on the transfer (via the Kerr effect) of the intensity fluctuations of an incoherent pump beam into polarization fluctuations of a frequency-shifted signal beam, copropagating in a randomly birefringent telecom fiber. Optimal signal polarization scrambling results whenever the input signal and pump beams have nearly orthogonal states of polarization. The nonlinear polarization scrambler may operate on either cw or high-bit-rate pulsed signals.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guasoni
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fatome
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wabnitz