Title :
Pulse train generation in a highly nonlinear chalcogenide (As2S3) waveguide Bragg grating
Author :
Baker, Neil J. ; Roelens, Michaël A F ; Madden, Steve ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; De Sterke, C. Martijn ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We report the first nonlinear experiment performed in a chalcogenide (As2S3) waveguide Bragg grating through which a 4 ps input pulse undergoes soliton fission to emerge as a train of six 450 fs pulses.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; optical waveguides; As2S3; highly nonlinear chalcogenide; input pulse; pulse train generation; soliton fission; time 4 ps; time 450 fs; waveguide Bragg grating; Australia; Bragg gratings; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Pulse generation; Silicon compounds; Solids; Solitons;
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.2008.4610520