title: Slowing down of solitons by intrapulse Raman scattering in fibers with frequency cutoff.
abstract: A method for transforming fast solitons into slow ones in bandgap fibers is proposed. The approach is based on the deceleration of the solitons by intrapulse Raman scattering, which can be achieved for fiber modes having a cutoff frequency. We develop a comprehensive theory for the soliton slowdown and elucidate how the fiber losses introduce a fundamental minimum for the soliton velocity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Yulin
authors.forename: Dmitry V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Skryabin