Extreme events in fiber based amplifiers

Author

Hammani, Kamal ; Finot, Christophe ; Kibler, Bertrand ; Dudley, John M. ; Millot, Guy

Author_Institution

Inst. Carnot de Bourgogne, Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present experimental and theoretical results showing the emergence of rogue wave-like extreme intensity spikes during fiber-based amplification processes such as Raman effect or induced-modulational instability that rely on quasi-instantaneous gain. We outline that under certain circumstances, a partially incoherent pumping can induce large fluctuations of the amplified signal, and we propose various means to spectrally select the most extreme structures.

Keywords

Raman spectra; optical fibre amplifiers; Raman effect; amplified signal; fiber based amplifiers; fiber-based amplification processes; induced-modulational instability; rogue wave-like extreme intensity spikes; Autocorrelation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Ultraviolet sources; Raman amplification; extreme events; parametric amplification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185178

Filename

5185178