NONLINEAR SELF-SWITCHING AND MULTIPLE GAP-SOLITON FORMATION IN A FIBER BRAGG GRATING

Authors
TAVERNER D BRODERICK NGR RICHARDSON DJ LAMING RI IBSEN M
Citation
D. Taverner et al., NONLINEAR SELF-SWITCHING AND MULTIPLE GAP-SOLITON FORMATION IN A FIBER BRAGG GRATING, Optics letters, 23(5), 1998, pp. 328-330
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
328 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:5<328:NSAMGF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We report, for the first time to our knowledge, the experimental obser vation of quasi-cw nonlinear switching and multiple gap-soliton format ion within the bandgap of a fiber Bragg grating. As many as five gap s olitons with 100-500-ps durations were generated from a 2-ns pulse at a launched peak intensity of approximate to 27 GW/cm(2). A correspondi ng increase in the grating transmission from 3% to 40% of the incident pulse energy was observed. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.