THE EFFECT of BIREFRINGENCE on POLARIZATION HOLE BURNING in ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS.
V.J. Mazurczyk, CRAIG D. POOLE
Polarization hole burning, PHB, has been observed in erbium doped fiber amplifiers[1]. PHB is an anisotropic saturation created when a polarized saturating signal is launched into the erbium doped fiber. A corresponding anisotropic gain is also created. The gain, measured with a weak probe, is found to be larger for a probe polarized orthogonal to the saturating signal compared to a probe polarized parallel to the saturating signal. The effect is typically expressed as the gain difference, δG, (in dB) for the two probe polarizations.
Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications•Jan 1, 1994•9 citations