Experimental observation of polarization instability in a birefringent optical fiber
- 10 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 49 (19), 1224-1226
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97420
Abstract
We present the first experimental demonstration of spatial instability in the nonlinear evolution of the state of polarization of an intense light beam in a birefringent Kerr‐like medium. As the peak power crosses the threshold for the instability, we observed strong intensity‐dependent power transfer between the two counter‐rotating circularly polarized waves propagating along a birefringent optical fiber. The experimental results agree well with the theory.Keywords
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