Accelerated nonlinear interactions in graded-index multimode fibers

M. A. Eftekhar; Z. Sanjabi-Eznaveh; H. E. Lopez-Aviles; S. Benis; J. E. Antonio-Lopez; M. Kolesik; F. Wise; R. Amezcua-Correa; D. N. Christodoulides

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09687-9

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Accelerated nonlinear interactions in graded-index multimode fibers

M. A. Eftekhar,
Z. Sanjabi-Eznaveh,
H. E. Lopez-Aviles,
S. Benis,
J. E. Antonio-Lopez,
M. Kolesik,
F. Wise,
R. Amezcua-Correa,
D. N. Christodoulides

Affiliations

M. A. Eftekhar: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
Z. Sanjabi-Eznaveh: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
H. E. Lopez-Aviles: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
S. Benis: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
J. E. Antonio-Lopez: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
M. Kolesik: The College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona
F. Wise: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
R. Amezcua-Correa: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
D. N. Christodoulides: CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09687-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Multimode optical fibers can be used to observe complex intermodal processes like optical solitons. Here, Eftekhar et al. study accelerated nonlinear interaction in multimode fibers with a tapered core diameter and its effect on the temporal and spectral behavior of the multimode solitons.

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