Fiber Optic Pulse Compression
Description
Applications of ultrashort pulses at different pumping wavelengths in various field of science and technology needs simple stat- of-the-art setups for the generation of high quality short temporal duration pulses. This book provides information on the existing optical pulse compression techniques, drawbacks occurred in each technique through the respecting nonlinear phenomenon responsible for the pulse propagation.
Generating high energy few-cycle pulses in the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum has become great interest for numerous applications. Hence, it requires pulse compression techniques to get few-cycle pulses at any desired wavelength with greater simplicity. There is no book currently available in market to understand compression techniques and their physical mechanism through optical fiber. This book provides information on various pulse compression techniques in the aspect of theoretical modelling as well as experiment which helps the reader to acquire a knowledge on the basic concepts of pulse compression.
This book describes the existing nonlinear pulse compression techniques to achieve femtosecond/attosecond pulses. It includes the topics such as photonic crystal fiber, pulse propagation in the fiber, numerical tools for the analysis of pulse propagation and compression, applications of ultrashort pulses, ultrashort pulse generation techniques, merits and demerits of each compression scheme.
The key audiences for this book include students, researchers, and scientists in photonics and nonlinear fiber optics.
Key Features:
- Includes the nonlinear pulse compression techniques to achieve femtosecond/attosecond pulses.
- Explores topics such as photonic crystal fiber and pulse propagation in the fiber.
- Includes numerical tools for the analysis of pulse propagation and compression.
- Discusses applications of ultrashort pulse generation techniques.
- Provides useful end-of-chapter summaries.
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Professor R Vasantha Jayakantha Raja currently works in SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. He is actively working in the research field of nonlinear fiber optics and ultra-fast optics and focusses on numerical modelling of nonlinear pulse propagation through solid and liquid core Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for various nonlinear applications.
A Esther Lidiya received her MSc and MPhil degree in Physics from Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University. She submitted her PhD thesis in the field of nonlinear fiber optics at SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. Her current research work is on generating ultrashort pulses through nonlinear pulse compression techniques using photonic crystal fiber.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to nonlinear pulse compression techniques in photonic crystal fiber (PCF) Describes ultrashort pulses, their applications and the need for generating ultrashort pulses. The linear and nonlinear phenomena through PCF will be discussed in detail.
Chapter 2: Numerical tools on the pulse compression analysis Discussion on the numerical techniques helps to analyse the pulse propagation and compression in the PCF
Chapter 3: Higher order soliton compression Introduction to optical soliton and higher order soliton propagation in PCF and the compression analysis in different kind of fibers and at various pumping wavelength
Chapter 4: Supercontinuum induced pulse compression Phenomenon of supercontinuum generation with the factors influence this technique for pulse compression
Chapter 5: Adiabatic compression Introduction to the compression scheme with various fiber tapering profiles
Chapter 6: Self-similar compression Introduction to the compression scheme with dispersion decreasing and nonlinearity increasing tapering profiles and the analysis of pulse quality parameters
Chapter 7: Nonlinear optical loop mirror Introduction on nonlinear optical loop mirror as a pedestal suppressor and pulse compressor with various pulse compression schemes
Chapter 8: Comparison and conclusion
