Abstract

A simple theory was developed to study the effects of Kerr nonlinearity on the electromagnetic-field coherence. A symmetric nonlinear Mach-Zehnder optical fiber interferometer is analyzed. The field is perturbed in phase and amplitude. The statistical properties of the output intensity are calculated. The effects of nonlinearity are shown as positive or negative depending on the phase difference between the interferometer arms.

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