The evolution properties of the self-similar parabolic pulse(similariton) with higher-order effects in microstructured fiber amplifier with normal group-velocity dispersion are investigated in this paper. The numerical results show that the higher-order effects greatly distort similariton's waveform, frequency and the linearity of chirp. The drift of pulse center increases with distance. The influence of different higher-order effects on similariton is analyzed. High quality propagation of similariton can be attained by manipulating the geometrical parameters of the microstructured fiber amplifier. These results are significant in the further study of similariton propagation in high-power ultrashort fiber amplifier, laser and transmission system.

Date Published: 26 November 2007
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 6783, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems V, 67834O (26 November 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.743314

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6783:
Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems V
Dominique Chiaroni; Wanyi Gu; Ken-ichi Kitayama; Chang-Soo Park, Editor(s)