Title :
Higher-order soliton-effect pulse compression in a non-linear holey fibre. Application to second-order dispersion measurement
Author :
Nguyen, T.N. ; Chartier, T. ; Thual, M. ; Besnard, P. ; Provino, L. ; Monteville, A. ; Traynor, N.
Author_Institution :
UMR FOTON, ENSSAT, 6, rue de Kerampont, 22300 Lannion, France
Abstract :
We report 570-fs pulse generation based on soliton-effect compression in a 22 m-long non-linear holey fibre. Using soliton-effect compression, we propose a simple method to measure second-order dispersion of fibres in the anomalous dispersion regime.
Keywords :
Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Holey fibers; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801205
