Optical pulse compression using fiber arrays

Year: 1995

Authors: Aceves A. B., Luther G. G., De Angelis C., Rubenchik A. M., Turitsyn S. K.

Autors Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131;
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica, Universita’ di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6/a, 35131, Padova, Italy;
Department of Applied Sciences, University of California at Davis, P.O. Box 808, L-418, Livermore, California 94550;
Institute fuer Theor. Phys. 1, Heinrich-Heine Universitat Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany

Abstract: We demonstrate that nonlinear fiber arrays can be used to compress optical pulses by utilizing a quasi-collapse effect. Localization in time occurs when self-phase modulation is
not initially balanced by the combination of anomalous dispersion and linear coupling among the elements of the array. Compressed pulses are soliton-like and have no chirp.

Journal/Review: OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY

Volume: 1      Pages from: 244  to: 246

KeyWords: Optical fibers
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1995.1015