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  • Title: The role of the self-steepening effect in soliton compression due to cross-phase modulation by dispersive waves
  • Contributor: Pickartz, Sabrina [Author]
  • Published: Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics publication server, 2019
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.2585
  • Keywords: 42.81.Dp ; Ultrashort pulses -- pulse compression -- soliton -- optical event horizons ; 42.65.Re ; 78A60 ; 78M22 ; 42.65.-k ; 05.45.Yv ; article
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  • Description: We consider the compression and amplification of an ultrashort soliton pulse through the interaction with a weaker velocity-matched dispersive wave, in the so-called optical event horizon regime. We demonstrate that in this interaction scheme the self-steepening effect plays the key role in producing a strong soliton compression. While the interaction between the two pulses is mediated through cross phase modulation, the self-steepening effect produces an energy exchange, which enhances soliton compression. We provide numerical results and an analytical expression for energy transfer and compression rate.