Buildup of terahertz vector dark-soliton trains from induced modulation instability in highly birefringent optical fiber

Opt Lett. 1998 Dec 1;23(23):1829-31. doi: 10.1364/ol.23.001829.

Abstract

We present the experimental observation of generation of vector dark-soliton pulse trains with terahertz repetition rates in the normal dispersion regime of an optical fiber. The polarization solitons build up from induced cross-phase modulation instability of two orthogonal pumps in a highly birefringent fiber.