Mirror transformation and super-focusing of Airy pulses under the action of third order dispersion

R. Driben; Y. Hu; Z. Chen; B. A. Malomed; R. Morandotti

doi:10.1117/12.2017728

7 May 2013 Mirror transformation and super-focusing of Airy pulses under the action of third order dispersion

R. Driben, Y. Hu, Z. Chen, B. A. Malomed, R. Morandotti

Proceedings Volume 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations; 878111 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017728
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We study truncated Airy pulses launched into an anomalous dispersion domain of a fiber with strong positive third order dispersion. The pulse quickly reaches the focal point, and then it undergoes a mirror transformation and continues to propagate with the acceleration in the opposite direction. At the focal point all of the light pulse energy is concentrated in a very narrow temporal slot, exhibiting an intriguing pulse compression technique. When both dispersion terms act on the pulse, the focal point extends to a finite area of spreading of the truncated Airy pulse. The size of the area depends on the relative strength of the TOD term relative to its second-order counterpart. After this area, the pulse reemerges again and continues its evolution mirror-transformed. A full exact analytical description of pulses dynamics is developed and verified with direct numerical simulations.

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R. Driben, Y. Hu, Z. Chen, B. A. Malomed, and R. Morandotti "Mirror transformation and super-focusing of Airy pulses under the action of third order dispersion", Proc. SPIE 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations, 878111 (7 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017728

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