Title :
Nonlinear, discrete-continuous propagation of ultrashort pulses in 2-dimensional, periodic fibre arrays
Author :
Eilenberger, F. ; Pertsch, T. ; Nolte, S. ; Lederer, F. ; Röpke, U. ; Kobelke, J. ; Schuster, K. ; Bartelt, H. ; Tünnermann, A.
Author_Institution :
Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena
Abstract :
We investigate the propagation of ultrashort pulses in 2D fibre arrays both numerically and experimentally. The nonlinearity suppresses discrete diffraction and dispersion, leading to spatiotemporal contraction, as well as pulse breaking and supercontinuum (SC) generation.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light diffraction; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; spatiotemporal phenomena; supercontinuum generation; 2-dimensional periodic fibre arrays; discrete-continuous pulse propagation; optical diffraction; optical dispersion; pulse breaking; spatiotemporal contraction; supercontinuum generation; temporal soliton; ultrashort pulses; Diffraction; Dispersion; Optical arrays; Optical propagation; Photonics; Pulse compression methods; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Spatiotemporal phenomena; Surface fitting;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610496
