Open AccessManipulating Airy pulse in the regime of optical event horizon
Author(s) -
Ao Yang,
Yang He,
Shaofei Wang,
Xianglong Zeng
Publication year - 2018
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.26.034689
Subject(s) - optics , pulse (music) , airy beam , breather , physics , soliton , photonic crystal fiber , wavelength , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , beam (structure) , detector
A fiber analogue of the optical event horizon is proposed via an Airy-soliton collision. The characteristics of an Airy pulse are demonstrated in a photonic crystal fiber. The robust Airy wave packet is capable of being manipulated by a strong soliton in the frame of the Airy-soliton horizon, leading to various distinctive interaction scenarios. The Airy pulse realizes the temporal reversing and still maintains its features even after undergoing a complete wavelength conversion process. Different comb-like spectra are created in the presence of Raman effect by changing the duration of the Airy pulse. The rebounds of Airy pulse in a twin-soliton trapping process is investigated. Meanwhile, a "maximally compressed" Akhmediev Breather is employed to collide with a soliton to compare with the Airy-soliton horizon case. The result can be found in the potential applications of pulse reshaping and temporal-spectral imaging for optical communication and signal processing.