Title :
Pulse Compression in Dispersion Decreasing Photonic Crystal Fiber
Author :
Travers, J.C. ; Cumberland, B.A. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Stone, J.M. ; George, A.K. ; Knight, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
We report dispersion decreasing photonic-crystal-fibers for soliton compression at 1.06 mum. Fibers 15-60 m long with dispersion varying from 40-0 ps.nm-1.km-1 were used to achieve compression ratios of over 15. Pulses of 655 fs were compressed to 43 fs solitons.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; photonic crystals; dispersion decreasing photonic crystal fiber; pulse compression; size 15 m to 60 m; soliton compression; time 43 fs; time 655 fs; wavelength 1.06 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452402
