학술논문

Fast polarization scrambler based on chaotic dynamics in optical fibers
Document Type
Conference
Source
2014 The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on. :1-3 Sep, 2014
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber amplifiers
Chaos
Optical fiber dispersion
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fiber couplers
Optical fiber devices
Language
ISSN
1550-381X
Abstract
We report a polarization scrambler based on the nonlinear interaction in optical fibers between a forward beam and its backward replica amplified by a reflective-loop. The output polarization exhibits a fast chaotic dynamics and was tested on a 10-Gbit/s signal.