Title :
Compression of femtosecond pulses into dissipative few-cycle optical solitons in coherent nonlinear resonant media
Author :
Wabnitz, Stefan ; Rosanov, Nikolay N. ; Kozlov, Victor V.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ.´´ di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Abstract :
A composite resonant material consisting of amplifying and absorbing two-level quantum dots in a semiconductor host with conductive loss compresses a femtosecond pulse down to one-two optical cycles forming stable solitons.
Keywords :
composite materials; laser cavity resonators; light absorption; light coherence; optical losses; optical materials; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; quantum dot lasers; absorbing two-level quantum dots; amplifying two-level quantum dots; coherent nonlinear resonant media; composite resonant material; conductive loss; dissipative few-cycle optical solitons; femtosecond pulse compression; semiconductor host; stable solitons; Atomic clocks; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Resonant frequency; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621454
