Abstract

We experimentally and numerically investigate femtosecond pulse propagation in a microstructured optical fiber consisting of a silica core surrounded by air holes which are filled with a high index fluid. Such fibers have discrete transmission bands which exhibit strong dispersion arising from the scattering resonances of the high index cylinders. We focus on nonlinear propagation near the zero dispersion point of one of these transmission bands. As expected from theory, we observe propagation of a red-shifted soliton which radiates dispersive waves. Using frequency resolved optical gating, we measure the pulse evolution in the time and frequency domains as a function of both fiber length and input power. Experimental data are compared with numerical simulations.

©2005 Optical Society of America

Nonlinear propagation effects in antiresonant high-index inclusion photonic crystal fibers

A. Fuerbach, P. Steinvurzel, J. A. Bolger, A. Nulsen, and B. J. Eggleton
Opt. Lett. 30(8) 830-832 (2005)

Supercontinuum generation by femtosecond single and dual wavelength pumping in photonic crystal fibers with two zero dispersion wavelengths

T. Schreiber, T. V. Andersen, D. Schimpf, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann
Opt. Express 13(23) 9556-9569 (2005)

Soliton trapping of dispersive waves in photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersive wavelengths

Weibin Wang, Hua Yang, Pinghua Tang, Chujun Zhao, and Jing Gao
Opt. Express 21(9) 11215-11226 (2013)

Long wavelength anti-resonant guidance in high index inclusion microstructured fibers

P. Steinvurzel, B. T. Kuhlmey, T. P. White, M.J. Steel, C. Martijn de Sterke, and B. J. Eggleton
Opt. Express 12(22) 5424-5433 (2004)

Supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero-dispersion wavelengths tapered to normal dispersion at all wavelengths

Peter Falk, Michael H. Frosz, and Ole Bang
Opt. Express 13(19) 7535-7540 (2005)