Title :
Trapping of dispersive waves by solitons in long lengths of tapered PCF
Author :
Travers, J.C. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
We numerically analyze supercontinuum generation in a long length of tapered PCF to understand the soliton trapping dynamics leading to the enhanced Blue/UV supercontinuum recently achieved experimentally in such fibers.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical solitons; radiation pressure; supercontinuum generation; dispersive waves; long lengths; optical solitons; optical trapping; supercontinuum generation; tapered PCF; Charge carrier processes; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Raman scattering; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and temporal solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
