Title :
Supercontinuum generation and pulse compression in sub-wavelength-sized waveguides
Author :
Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Dudley, John M. ; Cao, Qiang ; Lee, Dongjoo ; Trebino, Rick
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show that using sub-wavelength-diameter waveguides the threshold for supercontinuum generation can be greatly reduced. In addition, we find that soliton-effect pulse compression down to near single cycle durations is predicted.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; supercontinuum generation; soliton-effect pulse compression; subwavelength-sized waveguides; supercontinuum generation; Fiber lasers; Glass; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Pulse compression methods; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202092
