High degree picosecond pulse compression in chalcogenide-silicon slot waveguide taper

Chao Mei, Feng Li, Jinhui Yuan, Zhe Kang, Xianting Zhang, Kuiru Wang, Xinzhu Sang, Qiang Wu, Binbin Yan, Xian Zhou, Liang Wang, Chongxiu Yu, Ping Kong Alexander Wai

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose and design a chalcogenide (As2S3)-based slot waveguide taper with exponentially decreasing dispersion profile to realize high-degree pulse compression of low-power chirped solitons. Based on the waveguide taper designed, pulse compression of fundamental solitons, and chirped 2-soliton breather are both investigated numerically. With self-similar pulse compression scheme, a 1 ps input pulse is compressed to 81.5 fs in 6 cm propagation. By using 2-soliton breather pulses, a 1 ps chirped pulse is compressed to 80.3 fs in just 2.54 cm. This is the first demonstration of the feasibility of high-degree nonlinear pulse compression in As2S3-based slot waveguide taper.
Original languageEnglish
Article number7493628
Pages (from-to)3843-3852
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume34
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2016

Keywords

  • 2-soliton breather
  • As2S3-based slot waveguide taper
  • fundamental soliton
  • self-similar pulse compression

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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