Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires

Parabolic pulses have important applications in both basic and applied sciences, such as high power optical amplification, optical communications, all-optical signal processing, etc. The generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires at telecom (λ ~ 155...

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Autores principales: Chao Mei, Feng Li, Jinhui Yuan, Zhe Kang, Xianting Zhang, Binbin Yan, Xinzhu Sang, Qiang Wu, Xian Zhou, Kangping Zhong, Liang Wang, Kuiru Wang, Chongxiu Yu, P. K. A. Wai
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1ad104d4c5dc4da680beded024c1f13a2021-12-02T16:06:00ZComprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires10.1038/s41598-017-03840-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1ad104d4c5dc4da680beded024c1f13a2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03840-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Parabolic pulses have important applications in both basic and applied sciences, such as high power optical amplification, optical communications, all-optical signal processing, etc. The generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires at telecom (λ ~ 1550 nm) and mid-IR (λ ≥ 2100 nm) wavelengths is demonstrated and analyzed. The self-similar theory of parabolic pulse generation in passive waveguides with increasing nonlinearity is presented. A generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation is used to describe the coupled dynamics of optical field in the tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires with either decreasing dispersion or increasing nonlinearity. The impacts of length dependent higher-order effects, linear and nonlinear losses including two-photon absorption, and photon-generated free carriers, on the pulse evolutions are characterized. Numerical simulations show that initial Gaussian pulses will evolve into the parabolic pulses in the waveguide taper designed.Chao MeiFeng LiJinhui YuanZhe KangXianting ZhangBinbin YanXinzhu SangQiang WuXian ZhouKangping ZhongLiang WangKuiru WangChongxiu YuP. K. A. WaiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017)
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Chao Mei
Feng Li
Jinhui Yuan
Zhe Kang
Xianting Zhang
Binbin Yan
Xinzhu Sang
Qiang Wu
Xian Zhou
Kangping Zhong
Liang Wang
Kuiru Wang
Chongxiu Yu
P. K. A. Wai
Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
description Parabolic pulses have important applications in both basic and applied sciences, such as high power optical amplification, optical communications, all-optical signal processing, etc. The generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires at telecom (λ ~ 1550 nm) and mid-IR (λ ≥ 2100 nm) wavelengths is demonstrated and analyzed. The self-similar theory of parabolic pulse generation in passive waveguides with increasing nonlinearity is presented. A generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation is used to describe the coupled dynamics of optical field in the tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires with either decreasing dispersion or increasing nonlinearity. The impacts of length dependent higher-order effects, linear and nonlinear losses including two-photon absorption, and photon-generated free carriers, on the pulse evolutions are characterized. Numerical simulations show that initial Gaussian pulses will evolve into the parabolic pulses in the waveguide taper designed.
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author Chao Mei
Feng Li
Jinhui Yuan
Zhe Kang
Xianting Zhang
Binbin Yan
Xinzhu Sang
Qiang Wu
Xian Zhou
Kangping Zhong
Liang Wang
Kuiru Wang
Chongxiu Yu
P. K. A. Wai
author_facet Chao Mei
Feng Li
Jinhui Yuan
Zhe Kang
Xianting Zhang
Binbin Yan
Xinzhu Sang
Qiang Wu
Xian Zhou
Kangping Zhong
Liang Wang
Kuiru Wang
Chongxiu Yu
P. K. A. Wai
author_sort Chao Mei
title Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
title_short Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
title_full Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
title_fullStr Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
title_full_unstemmed Comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
title_sort comprehensive analysis of passive generation of parabolic similaritons in tapered hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic wires
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/1ad104d4c5dc4da680beded024c1f13a
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