Title :
Collision of orthogonally polarized solitons in photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Podlipensky, A. ; Szarniak, P. ; Joly, N.Y. ; Poulton, C.G. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck Research Group (IOIP), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Guenther-Scharowsky Str. 1/Bau 24, 91058, Germany
Abstract :
We study experimentally the propagation and collision of two orthogonally polarized solitons in a weakly-birefringent photonic crystal fiber. The collision occurs at a particular power and initiates energy transfer between the colliding solitons.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Solitons; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431316
