Title :
Soliton Compression to Few-cycle Pulses Using Quadratic Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fibers: A Design Study
Author :
Bache, Morten ; Moses, Jeffrey ; Lægsgaard, Jesper ; Bang, Ole ; Wise, Frank
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We show theoretically that high-quality soliton compression from ~500 fs to ~10 fs is possible in poled silica photonic crystal fibers using cascaded chi(2) : chi(2) nonlinearities. A moderate group-velocity mismatch optimizes the compression.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibres; optical materials; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; optimisation; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; cascaded nonlinearity; group-velocity mismatch; poled silica PCF; quadratic nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; soliton compression; Crystalline materials; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear equations; Optical design; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse compression methods; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452852
