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Communication with Dynamically Fluctuating States of Light Polarization

Gregory D. VanWiggeren and Rajarshi Roy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 097903 – Published 13 February 2002
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Abstract

The fast, irregular, fluctuations of the state of polarization of light output from an erbium doper fiber ring laser are used to communicate digital information. The experiments illustrate the application of a dynamical encoding and information recovery scheme that is robust to perturbations of the communication channel, a standard single mode fiber. A fiber-optic polarization analyzer was used to measure and visualize the polarization dynamics at nanosecond time scales on the Poincaré sphere.

  • Received 9 August 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.097903

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Gregory D. VanWiggeren1,* and Rajarshi Roy2

  • 1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
  • 2Department of Physics, IREAP and IPST, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland 20742

  • *Current address: Agilent Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

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Vol. 88, Iss. 9 — 4 March 2002

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