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

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

44

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2001.961826

Filename

961826