Title :
Impact of the modulation instability on supercontinuum generation
Author :
Bandelow, U. ; Demircan, A.
Author_Institution :
Weierstrass Inst. for Appl. Anal. & Stochastics, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We make a strong point on the impact of four-wave mixing/modulation instability phenomenon on the generation mechanisms of supercontinuum (SC) in highly nonlinear optical fibers. We demonstrate that the MI can be responsible for ultrabroadband octave-spanning continua for pico- and subpicosecond pulses in the anomalous- as well as in the normal dispersion region. To understand the mechanisms leading to the SC generation, we have solved numerically the one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; multiwave mixing; nonlinear differential equations; optical fibre dispersion; supercontinuum generation; four-wave mixing; highly-nonlinear optical fibers; modulation instability phenomena; normal dispersion region; one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation; supercontinuum generation; ultrabroadband octave-spanning; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse generation; Raman scattering; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568169
