Ka. Ahmed et al., FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION FROM SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS USING THE SOLITON-EFFECT COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE, IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, 1(2), 1995, pp. 592-600
An experimental investigation of various aspects associated with the p
ulse quality achieved by the soliton effect pulse compression techniqu
e is presented. By using fiber birefringence advantageously in conjunc
tion with a wave plate and a polarizer, simultaneous pulse compression
and pulse reshaping is realized and this can eliminate the pedestal c
omponent inherently associated with this compression technique. A trai
n of 185-fs high-quality pedestal-free pulses, which are the shortest
pulses ever achieved using semiconductor lasers, has been successfully
generated. The detrimental effect of higher order dispersion on compr
ession and its dependence on group velocity dispersion is also investi
gated. The results show that it is possible to minimize this effect by
using fibers with an appropriate value of dispersion.