Generation of tailored supercontinua from telecom wavelength femtosecond pulses: Experiment and Simulation

Author

Sell, Alexander ; Adler, Florian ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred

Author_Institution

Konstanz Univ., Konstanz

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. We study the generation of femtosecond supercontinua in highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs) pumped at a central wavelength of 1.55 mum. The simulation model is based on a nonlinear propagation equation including the instantaneous Kerr nonlinearity and the retarded Raman response of the fiber. Numerical integration is performed via a symmetric split-step Fourier method. Special attention is paid to the nonlinear convolution integral of the Raman part.

Keywords

Raman spectra; integration; nonlinear equations; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical solitons; supercontinuum generation; femtosecond supercontinua generation; fiber dispersion profiles; instantaneous Kerr nonlinearity; nonlinear convolution integration; nonlinear fibers; nonlinear propagation equation; numerical integration; retarded Raman response; symmetric split-step Fourier method; wavelength 1.55 mum; Frequency; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Supercontinuum generation; Telecommunications; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386314

Filename

4386314