Open AccessEnergy exchange between colliding solitons in photonic crystal fibers
Author(s) -
Feng Luan,
Dmitry V. Skryabin,
A. V. Yulin,
Jonathan C. Knight
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.009844
Subject(s) - femtosecond , energy exchange , raman scattering , optics , photonic crystal , photonic crystal fiber , kerr effect , nonlinear optics , self phase modulation , phase (matter) , soliton , physics , scattering , core (optical fiber) , raman spectroscopy , materials science , optical fiber , nonlinear system , laser , quantum mechanics , atmospheric sciences
Collisions of femtosecond solitons in silica core photonic crystal fibers are investigated experimentally and theoretically. Clear spectral signatures of the significant energy exchange between the interacting pulses are reported. Two primary and competing effects causing energy exchange are interpulse Raman scattering, which is insensitive to the phase difference of the colliding solitons, and the phase sensitive interaction via the Kerr nonlinearity.