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, P. K. A. 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
Pages (from-to)3843-3852
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume34
Issue number16
Early online date15 Jun 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2016

Keywords

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

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