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The nonlinear optical loop mirror: soliton and noise-like pulse emission in a figure-eight fiber laser

2021

In this article, a symmetrical nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) exhibiting a polarization-dependent transmission is evaluated to generate optical pulse emission in a figure-eight fiber laser in the soliton and noise-like pulse (NLP) regimes. The NOLM structure relies on a 50:50 fiber coupler, a loop with highly twisted single-mode optical fiber and a quarter-wave retarder (QWR) to break the polarization asymmetry. The pulse operation regime is determined by properly adjusting the NOLM low-power transmission, which is easily realized by the rotation of the QWR angle. Soliton pulses of 1.48 ps pulse duration and peak power of 18 W were observed with a peak to peak separation of 1.25 µs, c…

Multi-peak-spectra generation with Cherenkov radiation in a non-uniform single mode fiber

2014

We propose, by means of numerical simulations, a simple method to design a non-uniform standard single mode fiber to generate spectral broadening in the form of "ad-hoc" chosen peaks from dispersive waves. The controlled multi-peak generation is possible by an on/off switch of Cherenkov radiation, achieved by tailoring the fiber dispersion when decreasing the cladding diameter by segments. The interplay between the fiber dispersion and the soliton self-frequency shift results in discrete peaks of efficiently emitted Cherenkov radiation from low order solitons, despite the small amount of energy contained in a pulse. These spectra are useful for applications that demand low power bell-shaped…

Optimization of wavelength division multiplexing in N×160Gbit/s terrestrial transmission systems

2005

Abstract We analyze, from an engineering viewpoint, the prospects of an exploitable upgrade of terrestrial fiber systems based on standard monomode fiber and dispersion compensating units, for future N  × 160 Gbit/s transmission systems. We show that dispersion swing, average dispersion and input pulse power are the key parameters that govern the system performances. We show that whenever the dispersion swing is arranged in a symmetrical setup and the compensation ratio is optimized accordingly, one may obtain a significant improvement of the transmission performances.

Radiating and non-radiating trains of light pulses in dispersion-managed optical fiber systems

2005

We show theoretically that the radiation picture of small trains of closely packed light pulses with Gaussian input profile, exhibits both some similar features and some fundamental differences when compared to the radiating behavior of a solitary pulse in a dispersion-managed optical fiber system. For small map strengths, the pulse trains strongly radiate away energy, and there, the total amount of radiated energy increases linearly as a function of the length of the pulse train. For large map strengths, the amount of radiated energy increases rather smoothly as a function of the length of the pulse train. We establish the existence of a map strength region, in which light pulses with init…

Observation of Modulational Instability induced by a dynamical Bragg grating in an optical fiber

2001

We present a detailed experimental study on Bragg Modulational Instability in a highly birefringent fiber. The originality of our scheme is that the index modulation is obtained through cross phase modulation with a beating wave.

Multimode instability in ring fiber lasers

1999

Unambiguous phase retrieval in fiber-based interferometers

2020

A scheme for fiber interferometers, exploiting frequency-multiplexing in orthogonal fiber polarization modes, enables unambiguous phase retrieval. This allows for arbitrary phase tuning, providing a precise tool for time-bin qubit manipulation.

Rogue wave statistics from a noise-like-pulse laser

2014

We report on experimental conditions in a fiber ring laser where noise-like pulse emission fulfills the rogue wave criteria. We highlight the role of dispersion, and use the dispersive Fourier-transform method to study spectral fluctuations.

Dissipative rogue waves out of fiber lasers

2012

We study rogue waves in dissipative systems such as unidirectional fiber laser. We have found that the probability of producing extreme pulses in this setup is higher than in any other system considered so far.

All-optical simultaneous polarization attraction and intensity regeneration of a 40-Gbit/s RZ signal

2011

We experimentally report the dual all-optical instantaneous regeneration of both the state of polarization and the intensity profile of a 40 Gbit/s Return-to-Zero telecommunication signal by means of a unique segment fiber.