Title :
Rogue waves in femtosecond supercontinuum generation
Author :
Genty, G. ; Erkintalo, M. ; Dudley, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
We experimentally study the characteristics of optical rogue waves in supercontinuum generation in the femtosecond regime. Specifically, the intensity histograms obtained from spectrally filtering the supercontinuum exhibit the L-shaped characteristics typical of extreme-value phenomena on the long wavelength. Furthermore, the form of the histogram on the long wavelength edge varies from L-shaped to quasi-Gaussian as wavelengths closer to the pump are included in the filtered measurements.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre filters; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; L-shaped characteristics; extreme-value phenomena; femtosecond pulses; intensity histograms; optical fiber; optical pumps; optical rogue wave characteristics; quasiGaussian wavelength; spectrally filtering; supercontinuum generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Histograms; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Statistical distributions; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics; soliton propagation; supercontinuum;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5184974
