• DocumentCode
    520655
  • Title

    Optimizing pump partial coherence for efficient modulation instability and supercontinuum generation

  • Author

    Travers, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Imperial Coll., London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We consider the effect of variable pump source partial coherence on the gain of modulation instability and the subsequent efficiency of soliton formation and supercontinuum generation. Optimal regimes for continuous-wave supercontinuum generation are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500244