Title :
Modulational instabilities in normal dispersion regime leading to white-light supercontinuum generation
Author :
Tombelaine, Vincent ; Couderc, Vincent ; Leproux, Philippe ; Grossard, Ludovic ; Auguste, Jean-Louis ; Blondy, Jean-Marc
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Optiques et Microondes, UMR CNRS, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We report on modulational instability process in large normal dispersion regime leading to supercontinuum generation at visible wavelengths (350-700 nm) in air-silica microstructured optical fibers.
Keywords :
modulational instability; optical fibre dispersion; self-phase modulation; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; 350 to 700 nm; air-silica microstructured optical fibers; modulational instability process; normal dispersion regime; visible wavelength; white-light supercontinuum generation; Biomedical optical imaging; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Modulation coding; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201931
