title: Parabolic pulse generation through passive nonlinear pulse reshaping in a normally dispersive two segment fiber device.
abstract: We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that pulses with a parabolic intensity profile can be formed by passive reshaping of more conventional laser pulses using nonlinear propagation in a length of normally dispersive nonlinear fibre. Moreover, we show that the parabolic shape can be stabilised by launching these pulses into a second length of fiber with suitably different nonlinear and dispersive characteristics relative to the initial reshaping fiber.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finot
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.forename: Periklis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petropoulos
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Richardson