Bright temporal solitonlike pulses in self-defocusing AlGaAs waveguides near 800 nm

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作者
Dumais, P [1 ]
Villeneuve, A [1 ]
Aitchison, JS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT ELECT ENGN & ELECTR,GLASGOW G12 8LT,LANARK,SCOTLAND
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10.1364/OL.21.000260
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report the experimental observation of bright temporal solitonlike pulses propagating in a material with a negative nonlinearity and positive (normal) dispersion. We believe this to be the first observation of bright solitonic pulses in a material with a negative Kerr nonlinearity. We have observed a gradual narrowing of the output pulse width as a function of increasing input power, and our results agree well with simulations. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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