Soliton-effect compression of picosecond pulses on a photonic chip
Richard Oliver, Yoshitomo Okawachi, Xingchen Ji, Adrea R. Johnson, Alexander Klenner, Michal Lipson, Alexander L. Gaeta
Abstract
), picosecond pulses on a photonic chip. An ultra-low-loss, dispersion-engineered 40-cm-long waveguide is used to compress 1.2-ps pulses by a factor of 18, which represents, to our knowledge, the largest compression factor yet experimentally demonstrated on-chip. Our scheme allows for interfacing with an on-chip picosecond source and offers a path towards a fully integrated stabilized frequency comb source.
Topics & Concepts
OpticsPulse compressionPicosecondMaterials sciencePhase matchingPulse shapingSelf-phase modulationNonlinear opticsPhotonicsCompression (physics)ChipOptoelectronicsSolitonPhysicsNonlinear systemTelecommunicationsLaserComputer scienceRadarComposite materialQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesOptical Network TechnologiesPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics