Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers

A vector theoretical model involving the polarization spectrum behavior of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is proposed. It reveals a phenomenon of spectral polarization spreading, i.e., the states of polarization of different frequency components of signal light experience distinct SBS pul...

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Main Authors: Chunhua Wang, Qiwen Zhang, Chengbo Mou, Liang Chen, Xiaoyi Bao
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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Qiwen Zhang
Chengbo Mou
Liang Chen
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Qiwen Zhang
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Liang Chen
Xiaoyi Bao
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description A vector theoretical model involving the polarization spectrum behavior of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is proposed. It reveals a phenomenon of spectral polarization spreading, i.e., the states of polarization of different frequency components of signal light experience distinct SBS pulling. The polarization behaviors in birefringence-free single-mode fiber (SMF), practical SMF, and polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) are investigated by analytical discussion, simulation, and experiment. It is found that in arbitrary fiber, the concurrent polarization evolution induced by fiber birefringence and SBS polarization spreading can be decomposed as a linear fiber birefringence rotation, followed by the SBS polarization spreading effect. The orientation and the size of SBS polarization spreading in the free-depletion regime are explicitly determined. Moreover, an orientation switching performance of the polarization spreading is observed in PMF. Finally, we demonstrate the SBS polarization spreading in SMF and PMF experimentally, and good agreement with theory is found.
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spelling doaj-art-e84722155bb5449999b8b3008790724b2025-08-20T03:30:55ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019111110.1109/JPHOT.2017.26538587820107Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of FibersChunhua Wang0Qiwen Zhang1Chengbo Mou2Liang Chen3Xiaoyi Bao4Laboratory of Specialty Fiber and Broadband Access Network, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaLaboratory of Specialty Fiber and Broadband Access Network, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaLaboratory of Specialty Fiber and Broadband Access Network, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaFiber Optics Group, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaFiber Optics Group, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaA vector theoretical model involving the polarization spectrum behavior of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is proposed. It reveals a phenomenon of spectral polarization spreading, i.e., the states of polarization of different frequency components of signal light experience distinct SBS pulling. The polarization behaviors in birefringence-free single-mode fiber (SMF), practical SMF, and polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) are investigated by analytical discussion, simulation, and experiment. It is found that in arbitrary fiber, the concurrent polarization evolution induced by fiber birefringence and SBS polarization spreading can be decomposed as a linear fiber birefringence rotation, followed by the SBS polarization spreading effect. The orientation and the size of SBS polarization spreading in the free-depletion regime are explicitly determined. Moreover, an orientation switching performance of the polarization spreading is observed in PMF. Finally, we demonstrate the SBS polarization spreading in SMF and PMF experimentally, and good agreement with theory is found.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7820107/Stimulated Brillouin scatteringbirefringencepolarizationnonlinear opticsfibers.
spellingShingle Chunhua Wang
Qiwen Zhang
Chengbo Mou
Liang Chen
Xiaoyi Bao
Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
IEEE Photonics Journal
Stimulated Brillouin scattering
birefringence
polarization
nonlinear optics
fibers.
title Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
title_full Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
title_fullStr Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
title_full_unstemmed Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
title_short Spectral Polarization Spreading Behaviors in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering of Fibers
title_sort spectral polarization spreading behaviors in stimulated brillouin scattering of fibers
topic Stimulated Brillouin scattering
birefringence
polarization
nonlinear optics
fibers.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7820107/
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