Abstract

Using a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser with a pulse width of ∼100 psec, we find that a broad temporal pulse undergoes a transition to a trainlike formation of subpulses when propagating through a dispersive and dissipative monomode optical fiber. This process does not require an additional optical seed pulse or noise from spontaneous emission.

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Numerical and experimental comparison of spectral broadening of femtosecond optical asymmetric pulses in a monomode fiber

G. R. Boyer and M. A. Franco
Opt. Lett. 14(9) 465-467 (1989)

Generation of 33-fsec pulses at 1.32 μm through a high-order soliton effect in a single-mode optical fiber

A. S. Gouveia-Neto, A. S. L. Gomes, and J. R. Taylor
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Nonlinear pulse propagation in the neighborhood of the zero-dispersion wavelength of monomode optical fibers

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High-efficiency single-pass solitonlike compression of Raman radiation in an optical fiber around 1.4 μm

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Decay of femtosecond higher-order solitons in an optical fiber induced by Raman self-pumping

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