• DocumentCode
    2723828
  • Title

    Modulation control and spectral shaping of supercontinuum generation in the picosecond regime

  • Author

    Genty, G. ; Eggleton, B. ; Dudley, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We numerically study the shaping of broadband supercontinuum spectra through the use of strong input pulse modulation. The underlying physical mechanism is shown to be rogue wave control through induced modulation instability.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; spectral line breadth; supercontinuum generation; broadband supercontinuum spectra; input pulse modulation; modulation control; modulation instability; picosecond regime; rogue wave control; spectral shaping; supercontinuum generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Shape control; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610473
  • Filename
    4610473