Compression Limit by Third-Order Dispersion in the Normal Dispersion Regime

Author

Demircan, Ayhan ; Kroh, Marcel ; Bandelow, Uwe ; Huttl, B. ; Weber, Hans-Georg

Author_Institution

Weierstrass Inst. for Appl. Anal. & Stochastics, Berlin

Volume

18

Issue

22

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2353

Lastpage

2355

Abstract

Broadband continua at gigahertz rates generated in high-nonlinear dispersion-flattened fibers in the normal dispersion regime near the zero-dispersion wavelength can be used for a subsequent efficient pulse compression, leading to stable high-repetition-rate trains of femtosecond pulses. We show experimentally and theoretically that third-order dispersion defines a critical power, where beyond further compression is inhibited. This fundamental limit is caused by a pulse-breakup

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; broadband continua; compression limit; dispersion-flattened fibers; femtosecond pulses; high-repetition-rate trains; highly nonlinear fibers; normal dispersion regime; pulse compression; pulse-breakup; third-order dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics; Fiber nonlinearities; optical propagation in nonlinear media; optical pulse measurements; optical pulses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.885303

Filename

1717539