• DocumentCode
    520677
  • Title

    Extreme-value statistics in supercontinuum generation by cascaded stimulated Raman scattering

  • Author

    Aalto, A. ; Genty, G. ; Toivonen, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Statistical fluctuations in cascaded stimulated Raman spectra are studied. The statistical distribution of shot-to-shot spectral variations evolves from a quasi-Gaussian to a long-tailed extreme-value distribution for Stokes orders at a large separation from the pump.
  • Keywords
    Fluctuations; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Raman scattering; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stimulated emission; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500269