Title :
Nonlinear optics of fiber event horizons
Author :
Webb, K.E. ; Erkintalo, Miro ; Xu, Y.Q. ; Broderick, N.G.R. ; Dudley, John M. ; Genty, Goery ; Murdoch, S.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
We theoretically and experimentally show that fiber-optic analogues of event horizons can be explained by cascaded four-wave mixing of monochromatic continuous waves. Experiments performed with pulsed and continuous wave lasers are in excellent agreement.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical solitons; semiconductor lasers; cascaded four-wave mixing; continuous wave lasers; external cavity lasers; fiber event horizons; fiber-optic analogues; mode-locked laser diode; monochromatic continuous waves; nonlinear optics; optical solitons; pulsed wave lasers; Educational institutions; Frequency conversion; Optimized production technology; Probes; Resonant frequency; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
