• DocumentCode
    500494
  • Title

    Thermodynamic approach of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber

  • Author

    Kibler, Bertrand ; Barviau, Benoît ; Coen, Stéphane ; Kudlinski, Alexandre ; Mussot, Arnaud ; Millot, Guy ; Picozzi, Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Carnot de Bourgogne, Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that the spectral broadening process inherent to supercontinuum generation may be described as a thermalization process, which results from the natural irreversible evolution of the optical field towards a thermodynamic equilibrium state.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; thermodynamics; photonic crystal fiber; spectral broadening process; supercontinuum generation; thermodynamic equilibrium state; Atom optics; Entropy; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Raman scattering; Supercontinuum generation; Thermodynamics; (030.1640) Coherence; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (190.5650) Raman effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225903