Dispersion managed self-similar parabolic pulses

Christophe Finot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We describe the propagation of a parabolic self-similar pulse in an anomalous dispersive nonlinear fibre. Given the capacity of a linearly chirped parabolic pulse to retain its typical shape over a short propagation distance, we introduce the concept of dispersion managed self-similar pulses and outline potential benefits in terms of spectral broadening enhancement.

Keywords: Parabolic pulses; Nonlinear propagation; Nonlinear fibre

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Christophe Finot. Dispersion managed self-similar parabolic pulses. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2008, 10 (8), pp.085101. ⟨10.1088/1464-4258/10/8/085101⟩. ⟨hal-00406217⟩