Linear and nonlinear fiber propagation of partially coherent fields exhibiting temporal correlations

Frédéric Audo (1) , Herve Rigneault (2) , Christophe Finot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 MOSAIC - MOSAIC

Using ultrafast photonic first-order differentiator applied on a partially coherent field, we report the generation of two correlated temporal waveforms and study their correlation properties upon linear and nonlinear propagation along the two orthogonal polarization axis of a dispersive optical fiber. Temporal correlations are maintained in linear propagation whereas Kerr nonlinearity generates anti-correlated temporal intensity patterns for both partially and uncorrelated fields. Experiments are in close agreement with the theoretical analysis.

Mots clés: nonlinear fiber optics; optical shaping; time/space duality in optics; partially coherent optical waves

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Frédéric Audo, Herve Rigneault, Christophe Finot. Linear and nonlinear fiber propagation of partially coherent fields exhibiting temporal correlations. Annalen der Physik, 2020, pp.1900597. ⟨10.1002/andp.201900597⟩. ⟨hal-02413882⟩