Title :
High-order soliton break up in sub-picosecond pulse propagation through photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Banaee, M.G. ; Young, Jeff F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Numerical calculations of pulse propagation in microstructured fibers show that Raman scattering and self-phase modulation are responsible for an observed series of discrete spectral components through break up of high-order solitons and soliton self-frequency shifting.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; Raman scattering; discrete spectral component; high-order soliton; microstructured fiber; photonic crystal fibers; self-frequency shifting; self-phase modulation; sub-picosecond pulse propagation; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse modulation; Raman scattering; Schrodinger equation; Solitons; Thickness measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201991
