Polarization Evolution and Polarization Instability of Solitons in a Birefringent Optical Fiber
- 28 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (17) , 3290-3293
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.78.3290
Abstract
Ultrashort optical solitons with different states of polarization are used to map the polarization evolution in a fixed section of a weakly birefringent fiber. Soliton polarization evolution was compared to linear propagation. A significant change in the polarization behavior between the solitons and linear regime is observed. Although solitons contain a continuum of instantaneous intensities, they transform their polarization as a unit, demonstrating the particlelike nature of solitons.Keywords
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