Nonlinear pulse propagation in dispersion-decreasing fiber studied with frequency-resolved optical gating

Abstract
We investigate pulse propagation in a dispersion-decreasing fiber over a wide range of input powers both theoretically, and experimentally using frequency-resolved optical gating. Our simulations and experiments verify significant influence of Raman scattering on pulse propagation. c 2005 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (320.5520) Pulse compression