FEMTOSECOND PULSE-SHAPING SCHEME FOR CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
BOYER GR FRANCO MA LACHGAR M GREZESBESSET B ALEXANDROU A
Citation
Gr. Boyer et al., FEMTOSECOND PULSE-SHAPING SCHEME FOR CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 11(8), 1994, pp. 1451-1455
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
11
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1451 - 1455
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1994)11:8<1451:FPSFCM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a pump-probe cross-phase-modulation experiment in a single-m ode optical fiber in which the probe spectrum is shifted by an amount comparable with its spectral width under the influence of a 250-pJ pum p pulse. The pulses are 210 fs FWHM and are generated by the reshaping of the pulses of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. The dependence of t he wavelength shift on the pump-probe delay time is investigated, and the results are found to be in good agreement with numerical simulatio ns. Application to all-optical femtosecond switching is discussed.