Hybrid soliton dynamics in liquid-core fibres

Mario Chemnitz; Martin Gebhardt; Christian Gaida; Fabian Stutzki; Jens Kobelke; Jens Limpert; Andreas Tünnermann; Markus A. Schmidt

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00033-5

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Hybrid soliton dynamics in liquid-core fibres

Mario Chemnitz,
Martin Gebhardt,
Christian Gaida,
Fabian Stutzki,
Jens Kobelke,
Jens Limpert,
Andreas Tünnermann,
Markus A. Schmidt

Affiliations

Mario Chemnitz: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9
Martin Gebhardt: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15
Christian Gaida: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15
Fabian Stutzki: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15
Jens Kobelke: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9
Jens Limpert: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15
Andreas Tünnermann: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15
Markus A. Schmidt: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00033-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Here, Chemnitz et al. report experimental evidence for hybrid solitons – a type of solitary wave, which emerges as a result of a strong non-instantaneous nonlinear response in CS2-filled liquid-core optical fibres, demonstrating efficient soliton-driven supercontinuum generation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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