DocumentCode
2848305
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
fYear
2010
fDate
19-23 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621454
Filename
5621454
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