Title :
Observation of soliton pulse compression in photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Colman, P. ; Husko, C. ; Combrié, S. ; Sagnes, I. ; Wong, C.W. ; De Rossi, A.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate soliton-effect pulse compression in mm-long photonic crystal waveguides resulting from strong anomalous dispersion and self-phase modulation. Compression from 3ps to 580fs, at low pulse energies(∼10pJ), is measured via autocorrelation.
Keywords :
Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
