A note on ultra-short pulses compression in silicon optical waveguides under fourth-order dispersion

L. Mandeng Mandeng; S. Fewo Ibraid; C. Tchawoua; T. C. Kofané

doi:10.1117/12.2063573

22 August 2014 A note on ultra-short pulses compression in silicon optical waveguides under fourth-order dispersion

L. Mandeng Mandeng, S. Fewo Ibraid, C. Tchawoua, T. C. Kofané

Proceedings Volume 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 92863C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063573
Event: Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2014, Aveiro, Portugal

Abstract

We present an overview of the pulse compression phenomenon obtained during the propagation of ultra-short pulses in common used optical waveguides. In the case of the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides, using the modified and realistic variational approach (MVA) that involves the Rayleigh’s dissipation function (RDF), we conduct the analysis of the compression mechanism on different input profiles. This study allows to show the effects of fourth-order dispersion (FOD), the nonlinear coefficients of absorption (nonlinear absorption) and the chirp, not only on symmetric and compact pulses but also on those with asymmetric profile as the Airy pulses. Indeed, considering the case of linear compression, the conditions of their occurrence are obtained. A relation between the FOD, the group-velocity dispersion (GVD) and the chirp is proposed in this way. In the nonlinear case, using the symmetric profiles as input pulses, we demonstrate a periodic compression induced by the interplay between the self-phase modulation (SPM) and the FOD. This appears as a new mode to generate the pulse compression phenomenon. Then, we show that when large values of the initial chirp and absorption coefficients as the two-photon absorption (TPA) present in these waveguides are considered, the compression mechanism is completely destroyed with at least the observation of one pulse amplification over a short distance of propagation before the pulse broadening. Finally, the study relating to the Airy pulses, leads rather to the reduction of the compression length induced by the SPM, the TPA and the free-carrier absorption (FCA) showing the pulse asymmetry influence.

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L. Mandeng Mandeng, S. Fewo Ibraid, C. Tchawoua, and T. C. Kofané "A note on ultra-short pulses compression in silicon optical waveguides under fourth-order dispersion", Proc. SPIE 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 92863C (22 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063573

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Dispersion

Waveguides

Gaussian pulse

Wave propagation

Scanning probe microscopy

Absorption

Silicon

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