Open AccessDark soliton synthesis using an optical pulse synthesizer and transmission through a normal-dispersion optical fiber
Author(s) -
Ken Kashiwagi,
Kiyonobu Mozawa,
Yosuke Tanaka,
Takashi Kurokawa
Publication year - 2013
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.21.030886
Subject(s) - optics , physics , waveform , soliton , brillouin scattering , dispersion (optics) , pulse (music) , transmission (telecommunications) , self phase modulation , optical fiber , modulation (music) , nonlinear optics , telecommunications , laser , acoustics , computer science , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , detector , voltage
We precisely generate dark solitons using an optical pulse synthesizer (OPS) at a repetition rate of 25 GHz and experimentally investigate soliton transmission through a normal-dispersion fiber. Because of their particular waveform, there are not many experimental studies. The OPS provides frequency-domain line-by-line modulation and produces arbitrary pulse waveforms. The soliton waveform has an intensity contrast greater than 20 dB. At certain input peak power, the pulse exhibits soliton transmission and maintains its initial waveform. The power agrees with soliton transmission theory. We confirm that the π phase shift at the center of the dark soliton is maintained after transmission through the fiber. We also investigate the influence of stimulated Brillouin scattering for long-distance transmission.