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 :
Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
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 :
optical fibres; optical solitons; photonic crystals; orthogonally polarized soliton collision; weakly-birefringent photonic crystal fiber; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Solitons; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453539
