Direct measurement of pulse distortion near the zero-dispersion wavelength in an optical fiber by frequency-resolved optical gating

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作者
Dudley, JM [1 ]
Barry, LP [1 ]
Bollond, PG [1 ]
Harvey, JD [1 ]
Leonhardt, R [1 ]
Drummond, PD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND,DEPT PHYS,ST LUCIA,QLD,AUSTRALIA
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10.1364/OL.22.000457
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The technique of frequency-resolved optical gating is used to characterize the intensity and the phase of picosecond pulses after propagation through 700 m of fiber at close to the zero-dispersion wavelength. Using the frequency-resolved optical gating technique, we directly measure the severe temporal distortion resulting from the interplay between self-phase modulation and higher-order dispersion in this regime. The measured intensity and phase of the pulses after propagation are found to be in good agreement with the predictions of numerical simulations with the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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