Title :
Self-Steepening without Self-Phase Modulation
Author :
Moses, Jeffrey ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
A first optical manifestation of the Chen-Lee-Liu-type derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation results in self-steepening of ultrashort pulses and shock formation without simultaneous self-phase modulation and spectral broadening. Experiments verify theory.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; nonlinear equations; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; Chen-Lee-Liu-type equation; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; self-phase modulation; self-steepening; shock formation; spectral broadening; ultrashort pulses; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Schrodinger equation; Ultrafast optics;
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.2007.4453560
