Tunable degree of polarization in a figure-8 fiber laser
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Abstract
We experimentally study a fiber loop laser in a figure-8 configuration and explore the dependency of the degree of polarization on controlled parameters. To account for the experimental observations, a mapping is derived to evaluate the polarization time evolution. The nonlinearity induced by the Kerr effect and gain saturation gives rise to rich dynamics. We find that the degree of polarization can be increased by tuning the system into a region where the mapping has a locally stable fixed point.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies · Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors · Optical Network Technologies
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Andrew and Erna Viterbi Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion , Haifa 32000, Israel
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