• DocumentCode
    2578242
  • Title

    Towards a thermodynamic description of supercontinuum generation

  • Author

    Coen, Stéphane ; Barviau, Benoît ; Kibler, Bertrand ; Picozzi, Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Lastpage
    198
  • Abstract
    Based on the kinetic wave theory, we describe continuous-wave supercontinuum generation as a thermalization process, i.e., an irreversible evolution of the optical field towards a state of maximum nonequilibrium entropy.
  • Keywords
    entropy; optical fibres; supercontinuum generation; thermodynamics; continuous-wave supercontinuum generation; kinetic wave theory; nonequilibrium entropy; optical field; thermalization process; Entropy; Fiber nonlinear optics; Kinetic theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Supercontinuum generation; Thermodynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
  • Conference_Location
    Innsbruck
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2610-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2611-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771725
  • Filename
    4771725
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2578242