title: Mid-IR soliton compression in silicon optical fibers and fiber tapers.
abstract: Numerical simulations are used to investigate soliton compression in silicon core optical fibers at 2.3 μm in the mid-infrared waveguide regime. Compression in both standard silicon fibers and fiber tapers is compared to establish the relative compression ratios for a range of input pulse conditions. The results show that tapered fibers can be used to obtain higher levels of compression for moderate soliton orders and thus lower input powers.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. acp@orc.soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Peacock