Title :
Designing dispersion- and mode-area-decreasing holey fibers for soliton compression
Author :
Tse, M.L.V. ; Horak, P. ; Poletti, F. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Abstract :
We investigate numerically the adiabatic compression of solitons at 1.55 ¿m in holey fibers which exhibit simultaneously decreasing dispersion and effective mode area. Compression factors >10 are achieved for optimum fiber parameters.
Keywords :
Geometry; Holey fibers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431442
