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We have detected a fundamental pulse-compression limit for high-nonlinear fibers in the normal dispersion regime near the zero-dispersion wavelength. The desired generation of a broadband continuum by self-phase modulation is limited by already small amounts of third-order dispersion (TOD), which results in pulse splitting above a critical pulse power. We investigate the critical fiber length in dependence on pulse- and fiber parameters.
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Demircan, A., Bandelow, U. Limit for pulse compression by pulse splitting. Opt Quant Electron 38, 1167–1172 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-006-9038-4
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