中国物理B ›› 2002, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1): 39-43.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/11/1/309

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Modulation instability of femtosecond pulses in fibres with slowly decreasing dispersion

张书敏1, 徐文成2, 陈伟成2, 罗爱平2, 郭旗2, 刘颂豪2   

  1. (1)Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China; (2)Institute of Quantum Electronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • 收稿日期:2001-04-18 修回日期:2001-09-05 出版日期:2002-01-12 发布日期:2005-06-12
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 980030), and the Natural Science Foundation of the Education Bureau of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 200019).

Modulation instability of femtosecond pulses in fibres with slowly decreasing dispersion

Xu Wen-Cheng (徐文成)a, Zhang Shu-Min (张书敏)b,  Chen Wei-Cheng (陈伟成)a, Luo Ai-Ping (罗爱平)a, Guo Qi (郭旗)a, Liu Song-Hao (刘颂豪)a   

  1. a  Institute of Quantum Electronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;  Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China
  • Received:2001-04-18 Revised:2001-09-05 Online:2002-01-12 Published:2005-06-12
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 980030), and the Natural Science Foundation of the Education Bureau of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 200019).

摘要: In this paper, we investigate the modulation instability for generating femtosecond pulses in fibres with slowly decreasing dispersion. Higher-order dispersion and higher-order nonlinear effects are taken into account when the continuous wave or quasi-continuous wave evolves into sub-picosecond and femtosecond pulses by modulation instability in the optical fibres. Our research results show that the gain spectrum of the dispersion-decreasing fibres is much wider than that in conventional fibres. The third-order dispersion effect has no contribution to gain spectrum, while the self-steepening effect reduces the maximum value and gain bandwidth, and the Raman self-scattering effect widens the extent to which the modulation instability occurs.

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the modulation instability for generating femtosecond pulses in fibres with slowly decreasing dispersion. Higher-order dispersion and higher-order nonlinear effects are taken into account when the continuous wave or quasi-continuous wave evolves into sub-picosecond and femtosecond pulses by modulation instability in the optical fibres. Our research results show that the gain spectrum of the dispersion-decreasing fibres is much wider than that in conventional fibres. The third-order dispersion effect has no contribution to gain spectrum, while the self-steepening effect reduces the maximum value and gain bandwidth, and the Raman self-scattering effect widens the extent to which the modulation instability occurs.

Key words: modulation instability, ultrashort pulses generation, fibres with slowly decreasing dispersion, third-order dispersion

中图分类号:  (Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics)

  • 42.65.Sf
42.81.Dp (Propagation, scattering, and losses; solitons) 42.65.Re (Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)