Title :
Evolution of soliton behavior in adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Joly, N.Y. ; Leon-Saval, S.G. ; Witkowska, A. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P. St J
Abstract :
We report new nonlinear features observed in an adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber. When using femtosecond pulses, the soliton self-frequency shift and generation of nonsolitonic radiation result in a dasiashark-finpsila-shaped feature in the power-dependent spectrum.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical solitons; photonic crystals; adiabatically tapered photonic crystal fiber; femtosecond pulses; nonsolitonic radiation; power-dependent spectrum; shark-fin-shaped feature; soliton self-frequency shift; Distributed power generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (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.2006.4628095
