Title :
Soliton Spectral Tunneling in Dispersion-Controlled Holey Fibers
Author :
Poletti, Francesco ; Horak, Peter ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
We design a number of index-guiding holey fibers with relatively simple structure which possess suitable dispersive properties for the observation of soliton spectral tunneling. Although the fabrication tolerances for these fibers are demanding, numerical simulations show that tunneling across a normal dispersion region of 150 nm width when pumped in the near infrared is in principle possible using just a few meters of these fibers.
Keywords :
holey fibres; numerical analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; optical solitons; tunnelling; dispersion-controlled holey fibers; fabrication tolerances; index-guiding holey fibers design; nonlinear wave propagation; numerical simulations; optical fiber devices; optical solitons; soliton spectral tunneling; Glass; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Tunneling; Nonlinear wave propagation; optical fiber devices; optical solitons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.927881
