Compression Limit by Third-Order Dispersion in the Normal Dispersion Regime

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 18; no. 22; pp. 2353 - 2355
• Main Authors: Demircan, Ayhan, Kroh, Marcel, Bandelow, Uwe, Huttl, Bernd, Weber, Hans-Georg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 15-11-2006; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Broadband; Compressing; Dispersions; Femtosecond pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fiber nonlinearities; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; optical pulse measurements; Optical pulses; Photonics; Pulse compression; Pulse compression methods; Trains; Ultrafast optics; Wavelengths
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.885303

Broadband continua at gigahertz rates generated in high-nonlinear dispersion-flattened fibers in the normal dispersion regime near the zero-dispersion wavelength can be used for a subsequent efficient pulse compression, leading to stable high-repetition-rate trains of femtosecond pulses. We show experimentally and theoretically that third-order dispersion defines a critical power, where beyond further compression is inhibited. This fundamental limit is caused by a pulse-breakup