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The predictions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation have been tested by passing 5.5-psec optical pulses through a 70-m single-mode optical fiber. With use of a precise cross correlation technique based on pulse compressions, dramatic reshaping of the input pulses into flat-topped, frequency-broadened, and positively chirped 20-psec output pulses with self-steepened fall times of less than 2 psec was observed. The observations are in good agreement with theory.
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Nakatsuka, H., Grischkowsky, D., Balant, A.C. (1981). Nonlinear Picosecond-Pulse Propagation Through Optical Fibers with Positive Group Velocity Dispersion. In: Abraham, N.B., Arecchi, F.T., Mooradian, A., Sona, A. (eds) Physics of New Laser Sources. NATO ASI Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6187-0_8
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