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Pulse transition to similaritons in normally dispersive fibre amplifiers

Christophe FinotSonia BoscoloKamal HammaniKamal Hammani

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Materials science[ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Pulse (signal processing)business.industryAmplifier02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesComputer Science::Digital LibrariesAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsOptical fibre amplifiersElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materials010309 optics020210 optoelectronics & photonicsOptics0103 physical sciencesDispersion (optics)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringbusiness

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selected by the editors of Journal of Optics as a Highlight of 2013a video linked to the experiments can be seen at : http://youtu.be/thbXaW91D5g; International audience; A detailed experimental characterization of the transition process of an initially Gaussian pulse to the asymptotic self-similar parabolic solution in optical fibre amplifiers operating in the normal dispersion regime is performed.

10.1088/2040-8978/15/2/025202https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00747774/file/JO_-_Hammani_-_2012.pdf