Title :
Extreme-value statistics in supercontinuum generation by cascaded stimulated Raman scattering
Author :
Aalto, A. ; Genty, G. ; Toivonen, J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
Statistical fluctuations in cascaded stimulated Raman spectra are studied. The statistical distribution of shot-to-shot spectral variations evolves from a quasi-Gaussian to a long-tailed extreme-value distribution for Stokes orders at a large separation from the pump.
Keywords :
Fluctuations; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Raman scattering; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stimulated emission; Supercontinuum generation;
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
