Effect of initial linear chirp on collision characteristics of two solitons in the birefringent fibre

The collision characteristics of the orthogonally polarized solitons with initial linear frequency chirp in the linear birefringent fibre for β2 〈 0 are numerically studied. It is found that initial chirp changes the threshold value of solitons to form the bound-state in the birefringent fibre. The effect of initial positive chirp on the threshold value is more obvious than that of negative chirp. In the case of （δ= 0.7 and initial interval 2τ0 = 1.25, the two solitons are mutually bound for 0.2 ≤ C ≤ 1, and they do not form the bound-state for -1 ≤ C 〈 0.2. Frequency shifts increase with the increase of chirp parameter C for -1 ≤ C 〈 0.2, and have the oscillatory structure for C ≥ 0.2. The effect of positive chirp on temporal FWHM is greater than that of negative chirp. The peak of temporal waveform oscillates with the propagation distance. The period and amplitude of the oscillation for the chirped case are greater than those for the unchirped case, and they vary with the increase of ｜C｜. The peak of output temporal waveform can be controlled by changing the initial chirp.

Laser Feedback Technique for Precise Retardation Measurements

A simple and precise retardation measurement based on laser feedback is demonstrated. The measurement principle is based on polarization flipping induced by optical feedback from an external birefringence cavity. The measured wave plate is located in the external cavity. When the length of the external cavity is tuned, the polarization states of laser will flip between two eigenstates, and the position of polarization flipping in one period of intensity modulation will vary with retardation of the wave plate. The duty ratio of two eigenstates is used to determine the retardation. Main advantages of the technique are that it is compact, low cost, fast and flexible. Especially, it is insensitive to a fluctuation of laser intensity and is suitable for on-line measurement. The experimental results have shown that the measurement uncertainty is better than 0.03° in the range 30°-150°.

Polarization manipulation of bright-dark vector bisolitons

We simulate the polarization manipulation of bright-dark vector bisolitons at 1-µm wavelength regime.Through changing the pulse parameters,different kinds of pulse shapes and optical spectra are generated in output orthogonal polarization directions.When the input vector bisoliton is polarization-locked with 1064 nm central wavelength,“1+1”fundamental dark-dark and“2+1”pseudo-high-order bright-dark group-velocity-locked vector solitons can be achieved through changing the projection angle.When the input vector bisoliton is group-velocity-locked with 1063 nm and 1065 nm central wavelengths,“2+1”and“2+2”pseudo-high-order bright-dark group-velocity-locked vector solitons,bright-dark group-velocity-locked vector solitons with chirp-like temporal oscillations are generated.Our simulation results can provide beneficial conduct for polarization manipulation of vector multi-solitons,and have promising applications in quantum information register,optical communications,nanophotonics,and all-optical switching.

Polarization and magneto-optical characteristics of Tb:YAG crystal-derived silica fiber via laser-heating drawing technique

Fiber quarter-wave plates and magneto-optical fibers are important components that greatly affect the sensitivity of fiberoptic current sensors.A Tb:YAG crystal-derived silica fiber(TYDSF)was fabricated using a CO_(2) laser-heating drawing technique.The linear birefringence of TYDSF was measured as 6.661×10^(-6)by a microscope birefringence measurement instrument.A fiber quarter-wave plate was fabricated by TYDSF at 1310 nm,which produced circularly polarized light with a polarization extinction ratio of 0.34 d B.Additionally,the linear birefringence of TYDSF was decreased by 22%by annealing at 750℃ for 7 h,and the Verdet constants of annealed TYDSF were measured to be 9.83,6.67,and 3.48 rad/(T·m)at 808,980,and 1310 nm,respectively.