Higher-order soliton-effect pulse compression in a non-linear holey fibre. Application to second-order dispersion measurement

Thanh Nam Nguyen (1) , Thierry Chartier (1) , Monique Thual (1) , Pascal Besnard (1) , L. Provino (2) , Achille Monteville (2) , Nicholas Traynor (2)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales

We report 570-fs pulse generation based on soliton-effect compression in a 22 m-long non-linear holey fibre. Using soliton-effect compression, we propose a simple method to measure second-order dispersion of fibres in the anomalous dispersion regime.

Mots clés: holey fiber; pulse compression; second-order dispersion

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Thanh Nam Nguyen, Thierry Chartier, Monique Thual, Pascal Besnard, L. Provino, et al.. Higher-order soliton-effect pulse compression in a non-linear holey fibre. Application to second-order dispersion measurement. 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006), Sep 2006, Cannes, France. Vol.3, pp.145-146. ⟨hal-00148078⟩