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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Experimental generation of optical flaticon pulses

Julien FatomeBastien VarlotGuy MillotChristophe FinotStefan Wabnitz

subject

Continuous wave; flat-top; non-zero dispersion-shifted fibersOptical fiberflat-topField (physics)Wave propagationPhysics::Optics01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticsOpticslaw0103 physical sciencesDispersion (optics)010306 general physicsnon-zero dispersion-shifted fibersPhysics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]business.industryContinuous waveAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsCross-polarized wave generationContinuous wavebusinessPhase modulationFrequency modulation

description

International audience; We experimentally investigate the nonlinear reshaping of a continuous wave which leads to chirp-free and flat-top intense pulses or flaticons exhibiting strong temporal oscillations at their edges and a stable self-similar expansion upon propagation of their central region. This study was performed in the normal dispersion regime of a non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber and involved a sinusoidal phase modulation of the continuous wave. Our fiber optics experiment is analogous to considering the collision between oppositely directed currents near the beach, and it may open the way to new investigations in the field of hydrodynamics.

10.1364/ol.38.003899http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1214556