Generation of optical super-Gaussian pulses using tapered fibers

Rodrigo Acuna Herrera; Carlos A. Rodriguez; Pedro Torres

doi:10.1117/12.2194672

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28 September 2015 Generation of optical super-Gaussian pulses using tapered fibers

Rodrigo Acuna Herrera, Carlos A. Rodriguez, Pedro Torres

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Proceedings Volume 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 96347B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194672
Event: International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS24), 2015, Curitiba, Brazil

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Using a model for the shape of tapered fiber optics, we numerically study the effect of the taper shape profile on nonlinear optical pulse propagation. We show that super-Gaussian pulses can be generated and controlled and they are independent of higher-order nonlinearities, which makes them a good candidate for optical communications. We see that it is possible to compensate for the z variation of the dispersion with the nonlinear parameter and obtain the solutions of the homogeneous nonlinear Schroedinger equation.

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Rodrigo Acuna Herrera, Carlos A. Rodriguez, and Pedro Torres "Generation of optical super-Gaussian pulses using tapered fibers", Proc. SPIE 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 96347B (28 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194672

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