Soliton dynamics in transmission through ultralong lasers

Author

Ania-Castanón, Juan Diego ; Alcón-Camas, M. ; El-Taher, A.E. ; Wang, H. ; Harper, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Opt., CSIC, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We have studied the dynamics and stability of solitonic pulses (including soliton interaction) across URFL transmission links, as well as the dependence of these dynamics on cavity design (length, symmetry, reflectivity) and input pulse characteristics. The first experimental demonstration of long-distance ldquotruerdquo soliton propagation through optical fibre. The results conclude that even relatively long links of the order of 50 km show excellent nonlinear resilience and are capable of providing virtually transparent transmission under a broad range of input pulse characteristics.

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; URFL transmission links; cavity design; distance 50 km; nonlinear resilience; optical fibre propagation; soliton dynamics; solitonic pulses stability; ultralong fibre lasers; virtually transparent transmission; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Signal generators; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192916

Filename

5192916