Open AccessExperimental evidence of Brillouin-induced polarization wheeling in highly birefringent optical fibers
Author(s) -
Julien Fatome,
Stéphane Pitois,
Guy Millot
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.012612
Subject(s) - optics , birefringence , brillouin scattering , polarization (electrochemistry) , materials science , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics , chemistry
We study the influence of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering on the polarization stabilization of a light beam propagating in a highly-birefringent optical fiber. In particular, due to a saturation effect, we find that the output polarization lies on a ring when the polarization is represented onto the Poincaré sphere.