Abstract
Air-silica microstructure fibers1 and tapered fibers2 have recently attracted considerable attention due to their small effective areas for enhanced nonlinear interactions’ and unique dispersion characteristics.4 The zero-dispersion wavelength in such fibers can be pushed to visible wavelengths by the large anomalous waveguide dispersion, forming an ideal environment for realizing solitonic phenomena. Here we report the experimental observation of significant soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) and soliton pulse compression in a novel tapered air-silica microstructure fiber (TASMF).5
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