• DocumentCode
    1769991
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988653