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Performance of different normal dispersion fibers to generate triangular optical pulses

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To identify the best possible normally dispersive optical fibers (NDF) in view of efficient triangular pulse (TP) generation, the optimization of several passive NDFs are reported in this work. The study shows that TPs, which sustain over a reasonably good fiber length, can be generated at shorter length when higher values of dispersion and nonlinearity are considered. A suitable NDF with high value of dispersion and nonlinearity is chosen and renamed as normally dispersive highly nonlinear fiber (ND-HNLF). The fiber parameters and pulse conditions are optimized here in such a way that the pulse maintains its triangular shape throughout a longer length in transient state. A detail analysis is performed on generation and stability of triangular pulses through the ND-HNLFs in absence and in presence of gain. When compared, the ND-HNLF with gain is found to be preferable due to their lower input power requirement and lesser broadening of the output triangular pulses whereas passive ND-HNLF performs better in terms of formation of TPs at shorter length and sustainability of those pulses over moderately larger fiber length. It is also shown that the suggested fibers, competent enough to generate stable TPs can be potentially applied in the area of optical signal doubling and a new fiber based approach is mentioned as well for saw-tooth pulse formation.

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The authors are thankful to the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, for providing financial support under research project EMR/2014/000261. The first author is grateful to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India for the inspire fellowship.

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  1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur), Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India

    Debasruti Chowdhury & Mousumi Basu

  2. Department of Physics, Supreme Knowledge Foundation Group of Institutions, Chandannagar, Hooghly, West Bengal, 712139, India

    Navonil Bose

  3. Department of Basic Science, MCKV Institute of Engineering, Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal, 711204, India

    Dipankar Ghosh

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Chowdhury, D., Bose, N., Ghosh, D. et al. Performance of different normal dispersion fibers to generate triangular optical pulses. Opt Quant Electron 49, 294 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-1135-z

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