Parabolic similaritons in optical fibres

Christophe Finot, Sonia Boscolo

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Abstract

Recent developments in nonlinear optics have brought to the fore of intensive research an interesting class of pulses with a parabolic intensity profile and a linear instantaneous frequency shift or chirp. Parabolic pulses propagate in optical fibres with normal group-velocity dispersion in a self-similar manner, holding certain relations (scaling) between pulse power, duration and chirp parameter, and can tolerate strong nonlinearity without distortion or wave breaking. These solutions, which have been dubbed similaritons, were demonstrated theoretically and experimentally in fibre amplifiers in 2000. Similaritons in fibre amplifiers are, along with solitons in passive fibres, the most well-known classes of nonlinear attractors for pulse propagation in optical fibre, so they take on major fundamental importance. The unique properties of parabolic similaritons have stimulated numerous applications in nonlinear optics, ranging from ultrashort high-power pulse generation to highly coherent continuum sources and to optical nonlinear processing of telecommunication signals.

In this work, we review the physics underlying the generation of parabolic similaritons as well as recent results obtained in a wide range of experimental configurations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages10
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventPhysics and Mathematics of Nonlinear Phenomena 2015 - Gallipoli (Lecce), Italy
Duration: 20 Jun 201527 Jun 2015

Conference

ConferencePhysics and Mathematics of Nonlinear Phenomena 2015
Abbreviated titlePMNP 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGallipoli (Lecce)
Period20/06/1527/06/15

Bibliographical note

C. Finot and S. Boscolo, “Parabolic similaritons in optical fibres,” Book of Abstracts of the Conference: Physics and Mathematics of Nonlinear Phenomena 2015 (PMNP 2015), p. 10, Gallipoli (Lecce), Italy, 20-27 June 2015

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