Self-similar propagation of high-power parabolic pulses in optical fiber amplifiers
Top Cited Papers
- 15 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 25 (24) , 1753-1755
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.001753
Abstract
Self-similarity techniques are used to study pulse propagation in a normal-dispersion optical fiber amplifier with an arbitrary longitudinal gain profile. Analysis of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation that describes such an amplifier leads to an exact solution in the high-power limit that corresponds to a linearly chirped parabolic pulse. The self-similar scaling of the propagating pulse in the amplifier is found to be determined by the functional form of the gain profile, and the solution is confirmed by numerical simulations. The implications for achieving chirp-free pulses after compression of the amplifier output are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Self-Similar Propagation and Amplification of Parabolic Pulses in Optical FibersPhysical Review Letters, 2000
- Self-similarity and fractals in soliton-supporting systemsPhysical Review E, 2000
- Self-similar evolution of self-written waveguidesOptics Letters, 1998
- Wave-breaking-free pulses in nonlinear-optical fibersJournal of the Optical Society of America B, 1993
- Self-similarity in transient stimulated Raman scatteringPhysical Review Letters, 1992
- Chromatic dispersion of erbium-doped silica fibresElectronics Letters, 1992
- Universality in the dynamics of phase grating formation in optical fibersOptics Letters, 1991
- Self-action of Counterpropagating Axially Symmetric Light Beams in a Transparent Cubic-nonlinearity MediumJournal of Modern Optics, 1991
- Solitary pulses in an amplified nonlinear dispersive mediumOptics Letters, 1989