Title :
Photonic bandgap fiber and soliton effect compression of parabolic pulses to 20 fs
Author :
Kibler, B. ; Billet, C. ; Dudley, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. d´´Opt. P. M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon
Abstract :
Parabolic pulses from a similariton amplifier at 1550 nm are compressed using optimized linear compression in photonic bandgap fiber and soliton effect compression in dispersion-flattened highly nonlinear fiber. Transform-limited 20 fs pulses are obtained.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; photonic band gap; dispersion-flattened highly nonlinear fiber; optimized linear compression; parabolic pulses; photonic bandgap fiber; similariton amplifier; soliton effect compression; time 20 fs; transform-limited pulses; wavelength 1550 nm; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Photonic bandgap fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Ultrafast optics; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena; (320.5520) Pulse compression; (320.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628075
