Buildup of terahertz vector dark-soliton trains from induced modulation instability in highly birefringent optical fiber
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 23 (23) , 1829-1831
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.23.001829
Abstract
We present the experimental observation of generation of vector dark-soliton pulse trains with terahertz repetition rates in the normal dispersion regime of an optical fiber. The polarization solitons build up from induced cross-phase modulation instability of two orthogonal pumps in a highly birefringent fiber.Keywords
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