Title :
Frequency Shifting of Femtosecond Pulses by Reflection at Solitons
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Universita Degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Abstract :
The frequency shifting of an ultrashort optical pulse through reflection at a fundamental soliton is experimentally investigated in a microstructured optical fiber. The frequency up- and down-conversion is observed with efficiencies up to 70%. Through employing femtosecond pulses, relevant features of the interaction are highlighted, and the role of either the leading or the trailing edge of the soliton is proven.
Keywords :
Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency dispersion; Optical pulse generation; Reflection; Solitons; Ultrafast optics; Nonlinear optics; optical frequency conversion; solitons; ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2012.2213584
