Title :
Generation and applications of supercontinuum in optical fibers
Author :
Mori, Kunihiko ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Morioka, Toshio
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Mechanism and general criteria for supercontinuum generation in a singlemode optical fiber are presented. Its applications in large capacity WDM systems are also described
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; adiabatic soliton compression; chromatic dispersion; contour map density; convex dispersion profile; decreasing dispersion fiber; large capacity WDM systems; nonlinear optical fiber; optical pump pulse; polarization-maintaining fiber; scaling rule; short pulse generation; singlemode optical fiber; supercontinuum generation mechanism; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Supercontinuum generation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969007
