Parabolic pulse generation through passive nonlinear pulse reshaping in a normally dispersive two segment fiber device
Author(s) -
Christophe Finot,
Lionel Provost,
Periklis Petropoulos,
David J. Richardson
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.15.000852
Subject(s) - optics , pulse (music) , fiber laser , nonlinear system , materials science , fiber , optical fiber , pulse shaping , laser , physics , quantum mechanics , detector , composite material
We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that pulses with a parabolic intensity profile can be formed by passive reshaping of more conventional laser pulses using nonlinear propagation in a length of normally dispersive nonlinear fibre. Moreover, we show that the parabolic shape can be stabilised by launching these pulses into a second length of fiber with suitably different nonlinear and dispersive characteristics relative to the initial reshaping fiber.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom