OPTICAL PULSE-COMPRESSION IN FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS

Citation
Ngr. Broderick et al., OPTICAL PULSE-COMPRESSION IN FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS, Physical review letters, 79(23), 1997, pp. 4566-4569
Citations number
9
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4566 - 4569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:23<4566:OPIFBG>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report the first experimental demonstration of the optical pushbroo m-a novel type of all-optical pulse compression. In the optical pushbr oom high intensity pump pulses, tuned well away from the resonance of a Bragg grating, modify the transmission of a weak probe tuned near to the grating's photonic band gap. The clarity of the experimental resu lts and their close agreement with numerical simulations highlight the tremendous potential of the fiber environment for the detailed study and practical application of nonlinear Bragg grating effects.