Title :
Enhancement of supercontinuum spectrum generation due to cross-phase modulation in a dispersion-flattened/decreasing fiber
Author :
Arai, T. ; Sone, H. ; Imai, M. ; Imai, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Muroran Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
A flat and broad bandwidth of 350 nm at -20dB for supercontinuum spectrum of soliton pulses was theoretically found to be generated due to cross-phase modulation from a dispersion-flattened/decreasing fiber of 2.4 km length.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; self-phase modulation; stimulated Raman scattering; 2.4 km; broad bandwidth; cross-phase modulation; dispersion-decreasing fiber; dispersion-flattened fiber; flat bandwidth; length; soliton pulses; supercontinuum spectrum; supercontinuum spectrum generation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse width modulation; Raman scattering; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
