Title :
Generation of high-power, non-frequency shifted solitons in a gas-filled photonic band-gap fiber
Author :
Ouzounov, D.G. ; Ahmad, F.R. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Muller, D. ; Venkataraman, N. ; Gallagher, M.T. ; Koch, K.W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We generate femtosecond, non-frequency shifted solitons with peak powers greater than 5 MW in a Xe-filled, hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber. This represents, to our knowledge, the first observation of temporal solitons with no self-frequency shift.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; photonic band gap; Xe; femtosecond solitons; gas-filled photonic band-gap fiber; high-power solitons; nonfrequency shifted solitons; self-frequency shift; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Photonic band gap; Power generation; Pulse shaping methods; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238394
