• DocumentCode
    2787531
  • Title

    Self-steepening without self-phase modulation

  • Author

    Moses, Jeffrey ; Wise, Frank W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A first optical manifestation of the Chen-Lee-Liu-type derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation results in self-steepening of ultrashort pulses and shock formation without simultaneous self-phase modulation and spectral broadening. Experiments verify theory.
  • Keywords
    Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Schrodinger equation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431337
  • Filename
    4431337