Title :
Direct measurement of soliton-effect pulse compression in photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Colman, P. ; Husko, C. ; Combrie, S. ; Sagnes, I. ; Wong, C.W. ; De Rossi, A.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
In this paper, we present for the first time the direct observation of pulse compression in slow-light photonic crystals. A compression of a 3 ps pulse down to 600 fs was observed with an input power as low as 17 pJ.
Keywords :
optical pulse compression; optical solitons; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; photonic crystal waveguides; slow-light photonic crystals; soliton-effect pulse compression; time 3 ps; time 600 fs;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621562
