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Nonlinear dynamic of picosecond pulse propagation in atmospheric air-filled hollow core fibers

Nonlinear dynamic of picosecond pulse propagation in atmospheric air-filled hollow core fibers
Nonlinear dynamic of picosecond pulse propagation in atmospheric air-filled hollow core fibers

Atmospheric air-filled hollow core (HC) fibers, representing the simplest yet reliable form of gas-filled hollow core fiber, show remarkable nonlinear properties and have several interesting applications such as pulse compression, frequency conversion and supercontinuum generation. Although the propagation of sub-picosecond and few hundred picosecond pulses are well-studied in air-filled fibers, the nonlinear response of air to pulses with a duration of a few picoseconds has interesting features that have not yet been explored fully. Here, we experimentally and theoretically study the nonlinear propagation of ∼6 ps pulses in three different types of atmospheric air-filled HC fiber. With this pulse length, we were able to explore different nonlinear characteristics of air at different power levels. Using in-house-fabricated, state-of-the-art HC photonic bandgap, HC tubular and HC Kagomé fibers, we were able to associate the origin of the initial pulse broadening process in these fibers to rotational Raman scattering (RRS) at low power levels. Due to the broadband and low loss transmission window of the HC Kagomé fiber we used, we observed the transition from initial pulse broadening (by RRS) at lower powers, through long-range frequency conversion (2330 cm-1) with the help of vibrational Raman scattering, to broadband (∼700 nm) supercontinuum generation at high power levels. To model such a wide range of nonlinear processes in a unified approach, we have implemented a semi-quantum model for air into the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation, which surpasses the limits of the common single damping oscillator model in this pulse length regime. The model has been validated by comparison with experimental results and provides a powerful tool for the design, modeling and optimization of nonlinear processes in air-filled HC fibers.

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Abokhamis Mousavi, Seyed mohammad, Mulvad, Hans Christian Hansen, Wheeler, Natalie V., Horak, Peter, Hayes, John, Chen, Yong, Bradley, Thomas D., Alam, Shaif Ul, Sandoghchi, Seyed Reza, Numkam Fokoua, Eric, Richardson, David J. and Poletti, Francesco (2018) Nonlinear dynamic of picosecond pulse propagation in atmospheric air-filled hollow core fibers. Optics Express, 26 (7), 8866-8882. (doi:10.1364/OE.26.008866).

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Abstract

Atmospheric air-filled hollow core (HC) fibers, representing the simplest yet reliable form of gas-filled hollow core fiber, show remarkable nonlinear properties and have several interesting applications such as pulse compression, frequency conversion and supercontinuum generation. Although the propagation of sub-picosecond and few hundred picosecond pulses are well-studied in air-filled fibers, the nonlinear response of air to pulses with a duration of a few picoseconds has interesting features that have not yet been explored fully. Here, we experimentally and theoretically study the nonlinear propagation of ∼6 ps pulses in three different types of atmospheric air-filled HC fiber. With this pulse length, we were able to explore different nonlinear characteristics of air at different power levels. Using in-house-fabricated, state-of-the-art HC photonic bandgap, HC tubular and HC Kagomé fibers, we were able to associate the origin of the initial pulse broadening process in these fibers to rotational Raman scattering (RRS) at low power levels. Due to the broadband and low loss transmission window of the HC Kagomé fiber we used, we observed the transition from initial pulse broadening (by RRS) at lower powers, through long-range frequency conversion (2330 cm-1) with the help of vibrational Raman scattering, to broadband (∼700 nm) supercontinuum generation at high power levels. To model such a wide range of nonlinear processes in a unified approach, we have implemented a semi-quantum model for air into the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation, which surpasses the limits of the common single damping oscillator model in this pulse length regime. The model has been validated by comparison with experimental results and provides a powerful tool for the design, modeling and optimization of nonlinear processes in air-filled HC fibers.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 March 2018
Published date: 2 April 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 419632
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/419632
ISSN: 1094-4087
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ORCID for Natalie V. Wheeler: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-9510
ORCID for Peter Horak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-8764
ORCID for Yong Chen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-6113
ORCID for Thomas D. Bradley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-5811
ORCID for Seyed Reza Sandoghchi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-3167
ORCID for Eric Numkam Fokoua: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-911X
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for Francesco Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083

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Author: Peter Horak ORCID iD
Author: John Hayes
Author: Yong Chen ORCID iD
Author: Thomas D. Bradley ORCID iD
Author: Shaif Ul Alam
Author: Seyed Reza Sandoghchi ORCID iD
Author: Eric Numkam Fokoua ORCID iD

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