Title :
Higher order soliton pulse compression in dispersion-decreasing optical fibers
Author :
Pelusi, Mark D. ; Liu, Hai-Feng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
fDate :
8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Compression of higher order optical solitons in fibers with anomalous dispersion decreasing along their length is investigated. We demonstrate high-quality compression of pulses with initial soliton order 1<N<2 achieving compression factors over 50, using a fiber length equal to approximately one soliton period. This pulse compression technique has significant advantages over the widely reported adiabatic and soliton-effect compression techniques
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; anomalous dispersion; dispersion-decreasing optical fibers; higher order soliton pulse compression; hybrid compression technique; nonsoliton input pulses; pulse compression factors; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
