Mollenauer L F, Gordon J P, Heismann F
Opt Lett. 1995 Oct 15;20(20):2060-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.20.002060.
We have discovered experimentally that soliton-soliton collisions in wavelength division multiplexing significantly alter the polarization states of the colliding solitons. Analysis shows that the change in polarization is according to the cross product of the Stokes vectors of the colliding solitons. Birefringence of the fiber spans can turn this polarization scattering into a significant source of timing jitter.
我们通过实验发现，波分复用中的孤子 - 孤子碰撞会显著改变碰撞孤子的偏振态。分析表明，偏振变化取决于碰撞孤子的斯托克斯矢量的叉积。光纤段的双折射会使这种偏振散射成为定时抖动的一个重要来源。
