• DocumentCode
    2724164
  • Title

    Compression limits in cascaded quadratic soliton compressors

  • Author

    Bache, Morten ; Bang, Ole ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Moses, Jeff ; Wise, Frank W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Cascaded quadratic soliton compressors generate under optimal conditions few-cycle pulses. Using theory and numerical simulations in a nonlinear crystal suitable for high-energy pulse compression, we address the limits to the compression quality and efficiency.
  • Keywords
    optical pulse compression; optical solitons; cascaded quadratic soliton compressors; compression limits; high-energy pulse compression; nonlinear crystal; Australia; Compressors; Dispersion; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Photonics; Pulse compression methods; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610499
  • Filename
    4610499