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Experimental demonstration of a photonic-crystal-fiber optical diode

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Two cascaded hollow-core photonic-crystal fibers with slightly shifted, but still overlapping, transmission peaks are shown to function as an optical diode for ultra-short laser pulses. Submicrojoule 100-fs Ti : sapphire laser pulses with a spectrum falling within the passband of one of the fibers, but outside the passband of the second fiber, experience spectral broadening due to self-phase modulation in the first fiber. A part of this self-phase-modulation-broadened spectrum is then transmitted through the second fiber. Identical short pulses propagating in the opposite direction are blocked by the second fiber with a shifted passband. A forward-to-backward signal ratio exceeding 40 is achieved with the created photonic-crystal fiber diode for 0.9-μJ, 100-fs pulses of 800-nm Ti : sapphire laser radiation.

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  1. Physics Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    S.O. Konorov & A.M. Zheltikov

  2. M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    D.A. Sidorov-Biryukov & A.M. Zheltikov

  3. International Laser Center, Ilkovicova 3, 81219, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    I. Bugar, D. Chorvat Jr. & D. Chorvat

  4. Weapons Sciences Directorate, US Army Aviation and Missile Command, 35898-5000, Huntsville, AL, USA

    M.J. Bloemer & M. Scalora

  5. Institute of Glass Structure Technology and Equipment, pr. Stroitelei 1, 410044, Saratov, Russia

    V.I. Beloglazov & N.B. Skibina

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Konorov, S., Sidorov-Biryukov, D., Bugar, I. et al. Experimental demonstration of a photonic-crystal-fiber optical diode. Appl Phys B 78, 547–550 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1417-6

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