Title :
Stimulated supercontinuum generation
Author :
Solli, Daniel R. ; Ropers, Claus ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate active control over optical rogue waves with a weak optical seed. With this effect, we stimulate supercontinuum generation, resulting in greatly enhanced stability and coherence. The phenomenon also facilitates all-optical three-terminal devices.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical control; supercontinuum generation; active control; all-optical; optical coherence; optical rogue waves; optical stability; stimulated supercontinuum generation; three terminal devices; weak optical seed; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Statistical distributions; Stimulated emission; Supercontinuum generation; Ultraviolet sources; (190.2640) Stimulated scattering, modulation, etc.; (320.6629) Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
