Journal
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
Volume 52, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2016.2626081
Keywords
Dispersive propagation; nonlinear optics; optical frequency conversion; ultrafast optics
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- U.S. Government
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys [1505636] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We show numerically that the spectrum of an optical pulse splits into multiple, widely separated, spectral bands when it arrives at a temporal boundary across which the refractive index suddenly changes. At the same time, the pulse breaks into several temporally separated pulses traveling at different speeds. The number of such pulses depends on the dispersive properties of the medium. We study the effect of second- and third-order dispersion in detail but also briefly consider the impact of other higher order terms. A temporal waveguide formed with two temporal boundaries can reflect the temporally separated pulses again and again, increasing the number of pulses trapped within the temporal waveguide.
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