Enhanced nonlinear spectral compression in fiber by external sinusoidal phase modulation

Abstract

We propose a new, simple approach to enhance the spectral compression process arising from nonlinear pulse propagation in an optical fiber. We numerically show that an additional sinusoidal temporal phase modulation of the pulse enables efficient reduction of the intensity level of the side lobes in the spectrum that are produced by the mismatch between the initial linear negative chirp of the pulse and the self-phase modulation-induced nonlinear positive chirp. Remarkable increase of both the extent of spectrum narrowing and the quality of the compressed spectrum is afforded by the proposed approach across a wide range of experimentally accessible parameters.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/10/105504
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd
Uncontrolled Keywords: spectral compression,nonlinear propagation,phase modulation,optical fiber,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 2040-8986
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 08:18
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2016 12:50
Full Text Link: http://iopscien ... 78/18/10/105504
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-09-22
Accepted Date: 2016-08-17
Submitted Date: 2016-06-10
Authors: Boscolo, S. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5388-2893)
Mouradian, L.Kh.
Finot, C.

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