Title :
Effect of the CW-seed´s linewidth on the seeded generation of supercontinuum
Author :
Xiaoming Wei ; Chi Zhang ; Shanhui Xu ; Zhongmin Yang ; Tsia, Kevin K. ; Wong, Kenneth K. Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate the influence of CW-seed´s linewidth on the temporal coherence of the seeded supercontinuum, which enhances the contrast ratio of the interference fringe by ~5 dB and ~3 dB at four-wave mixing sidebands respectively.
Keywords :
light coherence; multiwave mixing; spectral line breadth; supercontinuum generation; CW-seed linewidth; contrast ratio; four-wave mixing sidebands; interference fringe; supercontinuum seeded generation; temporal coherence; Coherence; Computational modeling; Interference; Numerical models; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Coherence; Nonlinear optics; Supercontinuum generation; four-wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656605
