Title :
Optical continuum generation seeded by stimulated Raman scattering
Author :
Town, G. ; Manili, G. ; Modotto, Daniele ; De Angelis, C. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Minoni, U. ; Tonello, A. ; Couderc, V. ; Leproux, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
An optical continuum was generated in microstructured optical fibre using an incoherent pump generated by stimulated Raman scattering in a step index fibre with normal dispersion. Accelerated spectral broadening to longer wavelengths was observed.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; holey fibres; optical dispersion; accelerated spectral broadening; incoherent pump; microstructured optical fibre; normal dispersion; optical continuum generation; step index fibre; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; microstructured fiber; nonlinear fibre optics; optical continuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929953
