Soliton Spectral Tunneling in Dispersion-Controlled Holey Fibers

Author

Poletti, Francesco ; Horak, Peter ; Richardson, David J.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

Volume

20

Issue

16

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1414

Lastpage

1416

Abstract

We design a number of index-guiding holey fibers with relatively simple structure which possess suitable dispersive properties for the observation of soliton spectral tunneling. Although the fabrication tolerances for these fibers are demanding, numerical simulations show that tunneling across a normal dispersion region of 150 nm width when pumped in the near infrared is in principle possible using just a few meters of these fibers.

Keywords

holey fibres; numerical analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; optical solitons; tunnelling; dispersion-controlled holey fibers; fabrication tolerances; index-guiding holey fibers design; nonlinear wave propagation; numerical simulations; optical fiber devices; optical solitons; soliton spectral tunneling; Glass; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Tunneling; Nonlinear wave propagation; optical fiber devices; optical solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.927881

Filename

4579332