Open AccessNonlinear pulse reflections from chirped fiber gratings
Author(s) -
R. E. Slusher,
Benjamin J. Eggleton,
T.A. Strasser,
C. Martijn de Sterke
Publication year - 1998
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.3.000465
Subject(s) - optics , pulse (music) , grating , ultrashort pulse , femtosecond pulse shaping , pulse shaping , bandwidth limited pulse , fiber bragg grating , diffraction grating , soliton , materials science , self phase modulation , nonlinear optics , nonlinear system , optical fiber , physics , laser , quantum mechanics , detector
We study the nonlinear evolution of optical pulses reflected from a chirped fiber grating experimentally and with numerical simulations. Over a broad range of grating parameters the nonlinearly reflected pulse splits into a pair of pulses in the range of incident pulse intensities where the transmitted pulse is a single narrowed pulse evolving into a fundamental soliton.