title: Asymptotic characteristics of parabolic similariton pulses in optical fiber amplifiers.
abstract: The fundamental asymptotic nature of parabolic similariton pulses in normal-dispersion fiber amplifiers is experimentally demonstrated. With frequency-resolved optical gating characterization measurements with a fixed input pulse energy, the output parabolic pulse characteristics are shown to be invariant with the input pulse profile and duration and to be completely determined only by the amplifier parameters.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de l'Université de Bourgogne, 21078 Dijon, France. Christophe.Finot@u-bourgogne.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finot
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Millot
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dudley