Characterizing non-polarization-maintaining highly nonlinear fiber toward squeezed-light generation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01433v2
• Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:17:28 GMT
• Title: Characterizing non-polarization-maintaining highly nonlinear fiber toward squeezed-light generation
• Authors: Joseph C. Chapman and Nicholas A. Peters
• Abstract summary: We investigate non-polarization-maintaining highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) for squeezed-light generation. We find significant ZDW variation and excess polarization noise. We believe polarization noise is from non-linear polarization-mode dispersion.
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• Abstract: Squeezed light, which is easily degraded by loss, could benefit from generation directly in optical fiber. Furthermore, highly nonlinear fiber could offer more efficient generation with lower pump power and shorter fiber lengths than standard single-mode fiber. We investigate non-polarization-maintaining highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) for squeezed-light generation by characterizing possible sources of excess noise, including its zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) variation and polarization noise. We find significant ZDW variation and excess polarization noise. We believe the polarization noise is from non-linear polarization-mode dispersion. We model this polarization noise and find that it is likely to degrade Kerr squeezing but not squeezing from four-wave mixing.

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