POLARIZATION SCATTERING BY SOLITON-SOLITON COLLISIONS

被引:83
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作者
MOLLENAUER, LF
GORDON, JP
HEISMANN, F
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
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10.1364/OL.20.002060
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have discovered experimentally that soliton-soliton collisions in wavelength division multiplexing significantly alter the polarization states of the colliding solitons. Analysis shows that the change in polarization is according to the cross product of the Stokes vectors of the colliding solitons. Birefringence of the fiber spans can turn this polarization scattering into a significant source of timing jitter. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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页码:2060 / 2062
页数:3
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