Title :
Gravity-like force suppresses normal GVD and blue shifts frequency of femtosecond pulses in fibres
Author :
Gorbach, A.V. ; Skryabin, D.V.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Photonics & Photonic Mater., Univ. of Bath, Bath
Abstract :
We report a novel mechanism of localization and frequency up-conversion of light pulses with spectra in the normal GVD range of optical fibres, due to the inertial force acting on pulses from the accelerating solitons.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical solitons; spectral line shift; GVD; accelerating soliton; blue shift; femtosecond light pulses; frequency up-conversion; gravity-like force; group velocity dispersion; optical fibres; Acceleration; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Photonics; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (260.2030) Dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
