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Measurement of the soliton number in guiding media through continuum generation.

Nathalie VermeulenDavid Castelló-lurbeAntonio DiezEnrique SilvestreA. CarrascosaMiguel V. AndrésJurgen Van Erps

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optical fiberOptical fiberPhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticschromatic dispersionOptics:FÍSICA [UNESCO]law0103 physical sciencesDispersion (optics)supercontinuum generationPhysicsCONTINUOUS-WAVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE-MODULATION METHOD; OPTICAL-FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; DISPERSION; COEFFICIENT; INTERFEROMETER; NONLINEARITY; COMPRESSIONsoliton propagationContinuum (measurement)business.industrynonlinear opticsUNESCO::FÍSICANonlinear coefficient021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsNonlinear systemWavelengthInterferometry0210 nano-technologybusinessRefractive index

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No general approach is available yet to measure directly the ratio between chromatic dispersion and the nonlinear coefficient, and hence the soliton number for a given optical pulse, in an arbitrary guiding medium. Here we solve this problem using continuum generation. We experimentally demonstrate our method in polarization-maintaining and single-mode fibers with positive and negative chromatic dispersion. Our technique also offers new opportunities to determine the chromatic dispersion of guiding media over a broad spectral range while pumping at a fixed wavelength. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01Optics letters
10.1364/ol.399382https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32796976