Degenerate-cross-phase modulation of femtosecond laser pulses in a birefringent single-mode optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1107-1109

  Liu, Q D ^b   Shi, L ^b   Ho, P P ^b   Alfano, R R ^b   Essiambre, R J ^c   Agrawal, G P ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MODULATION;

DEGENERATE CROSS PHASE MODULATION (DXPM); NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0031208695     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.605516     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics; 2nd ed. New York: Academic, 1995, ch. 7.
2. R. R. Alfano, Q. X. Li, T. Jimbo, J. T. Manassah, and P. P. Ho, "Induced spectral broadening of a weak picosecond pulse in glass produced by an intense ps pulse," Opt. Lett., vol. 11, pp. 626-628, 1986.
3. C. C. Yang and A. J. S. Wang, "Cross-polarization cross-phase modulation of femtosecond pulses in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B. vol. 9, pp. 682-686, 1992.
4. M. N. Islam, L. F. Mollenauer, R. H. Stolen, J. R. Simpson, and H. T. Shang, "Cross-phase modulation in optical fibers," Opt. Lett., vol. 12, pp. 625-627, 1987.
5. P. L. Baldeck, R. R. Alfano, and G. P. Agrawal, "Induced-frequency shift of copropagating pulses," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 52, pp. 1939-1942, 1988.
6. Q. Z. Wang, P. P. Ho, and R. R. Alfano, "Degenerate cross-phase modulation for pulse compression and amplification of ultrashort laser pulses," Opt. Lett., vol. 15, pp. 1023-1025, 1990.
7. R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, "Emission in the region 4000-7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 584-587, 1970; "Observation of self-phase modulation and small scale filaments in crystals and glasses," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 592-595, 1970.
8. R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, "Emission in the region 4000-7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 584-587, 1970; "Observation of self-phase modulation and small scale filaments in crystals and glasses," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 592-595, 1970.
9. R. Fork, C. Shank, C. Herliman, R. Yen, and W. J. Tomlinson, "Femtosecond white light continua generation," Opt. Lett., vol. 8, pp. 1-3, 1983.
10. G. Yang and Y. R. Shen, "Spectral broadening of ultrashort pulses in a nonlinear medium," Opt. Lett., vol. 9, pp. 510-512, 1984.
11. K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and B. P. Nelson, "All-fiber pulse compression at 1.32 μm," Opt. Lett., vol. 10, pp. 393-395, 1985.
12. B. Crosignani, B. Daino, and P. D. Porto, "Depolarization of light due to the optical Kerr effect in low-birefringent single-mode fibers," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B, vol. 3, pp. 1120-1123, 1986.
13. Q. D. Liu, J. T. Chen, Q. Z. Wang, P. P. Ho, and R. R. Alfano, "Single-pulse degenerate-cross-phase modulation in a single-mode optical fiber," Opt. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 542-544, 1995.
14. W. J. Tomlinson, R. H. Stolen, and A. M. Johnson, "Optical wave breaking of pulses in nonlinear optical fibers," Opt. Lett., vol. 10, pp. 457-459, 1985.