Abstract
A procedure is described that allows one to solve the evolution equations in birefringent optical fibers by using repeated diagonalization. With this approach several practical problems are solved in a unified way. Included are evolution in twisted fibers, sinusoidally rocked fibers, and fibers with randomly varying birefringence. In the last case it is shown that a phenomenological model described by Poole and others applies to fibers whose axes of birefringence can take on any orientation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1288-1296 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics