Generation of robust temporal soliton trains by the multiple-temporal-compression (MTC) method

Abstract

We report results of systematic numerical analysis for multiple soliton generation by means of the recently reported multiple temporal compression (MTC) method, and compare its efficiency with conventional methods based on the use of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and fused silica waveguides (FSWs). The results show that the MTC method is more efficient to control the soliton fission, giving rise to a larger number of fundamental solitons with high powers, that remain nearly constant over long propagation distances. The high efficiency of the MTC method is demonstrated, in particular, in terms of multiple soliton collisions and the Newton's-cradle phenomenology.

arXiv commentTo be published in Optics Communications (Special Issue - Solitons and coherent structures in optics: 50th anniversary of the prediction of optical solitons in fiber)

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