Title :
Observation of a two-stage soliton breakup
Author :
Krylov, D. ; Sears, S. ; Bergman, K. ; Kutz, J.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a two-stage breakup of a pre-chirped soliton optical pulse in optical fiber. Each stage accepts a single input pulse and produces two independent pulses. The stages are cascaded to produce a one-to-four breakup.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; autocorrelation traces; cascaded stages; optical fiber; pre-chirped soliton optical pulse; single input pulse; two independent pulses; two-stage soliton breakup; Autocorrelation; Chirp; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-646-X
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.2000.883660
