• DocumentCode
    2868985
  • Title

    Evolution of soliton behavior in adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber

  • Author

    Joly, N.Y. ; Leon-Saval, S.G. ; Witkowska, A. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P. St J

  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report new nonlinear features observed in an adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber. When using femtosecond pulses, the soliton self-frequency shift and generation of nonsolitonic radiation result in a dasiashark-finpsila-shaped feature in the power-dependent spectrum.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical solitons; photonic crystals; adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber; femtosecond pulses; nonsolitonic radiation; power-dependent spectrum; shark-fin-shaped feature; soliton self-frequency shift; Distributed power generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (320.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628095
  • Filename
    4628095