Title :
Observation of the gap soliton formation in a dynamic fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Van Simaeys, Gaetan ; Pitois, Stéphane ; Coen, Stéphane ; Haelterman, Marc
Author_Institution :
Service d´´Opt. et d´´Acoustique, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
We report the first experimental observation of the stationary gap soliton formation within the bandgap of a dynamic fiber Bragg grating induced by the beating of two intense light waves in a dispersion-shifted fiber.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; dispersion-shifted fiber; fiber Bragg grating; gap soliton; intense light waves; optical bandgap; stationary gap soliton; Photonic band gap; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314058