Title :
Second-order coherence of supercontinuum
Author :
Genty, Goëry ; Surakka, Minna ; Turunen, Jari ; Friberg, Ari T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
Using second-order coherence theory of nonstationary light we show that supercontinuum can be split into quasi-coherent and quasi-stationary parts. Our results opens the route for a universal definition of the coherence degree for broadband sources.
Keywords :
light coherence; supercontinuum generation; broadband sources; coherence degree; nonstationary light; quasicoherent parts; quasistationary parts; second-order coherence; supercontinuum; Coherence; Correlation; Fiber optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
