Optical pulse compression in dispersion decreasing photonic crystal fiber
Author(s) -
John C. Travers,
James M. Stone,
A. B. Rulkov,
B. A. Cumberland,
A. K. George,
С. В. Попов,
J. C. Knight,
J. R. Taylor
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.013203
Subject(s) - photonic crystal fiber , pulse compression , optics , materials science , dispersion (optics) , optical fiber , compression (physics) , photonic crystal , zero dispersion wavelength , wavelength , dispersion shifted fiber , optoelectronics , fiber optic sensor , physics , telecommunications , radar , computer science , composite material
Improvements to tapered photonic crystal fiber (PCF) fabrication have allowed us to make up to 50 m long PCF tapers with loss as low as 30 dB/km. We discuss the design constraints for tapered PCFs used for adiabatic soliton compression and demonstrate over 15 times compression of pulses from over 830 fs to 55 fs duration at a wavelength of 1.06 lm, an order of magnitude improvement over previous results.
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