Title :
Solitonic effects in a tapered air-silica microstructure fiber
Author :
Liu, Xindong ; Xu, Changsheng ; Knox, Wayne H. ; Chandalia, J.K. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Kosinski, S.G. ; Windeler, Robert S.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Air-silica microstructure fibers and tapered fibers have recently attracted considerable attention due to their small effective areas for enhanced nonlinear interactions and unique dispersion characteristics. The zero-dispersion wavelength in such fibers can be pushed to visible wavelengths by the large anomalous waveguide dispersion, forming an ideal environment for realizing solitonic phenomena. Here we report the experimental observation of significant soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) and soliton pulse compression in a novel tapered air-silica microstructure fiber (TASMF).
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; photonic band gap; dispersion characteristics; enhanced nonlinear interactions; large anomalous waveguide dispersion; optical soliton pulse compression; small effective areas; soliton self-frequency shift; solitonic effects; solitonic phenomena; tapered air-silica microstructure fiber; visible wavelengths; zero-dispersion wavelength; Fiber lasers; Microstructure; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystals; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-663-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2001.961826
