Title :
Enhanced supercontinuum generation near fiber Bragg resonances
Author :
Westbrook, P.S. ; Nicholson, J.W. ; Feder, K.S. ; Li, Y. ; Brown, T.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., OFS FITEL, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that supercontinuum generation in a nonlinear fiber containing a Bragg grating is greatly modified near the Bragg resonance. We demonstrate enhancement of more than 10 times in fibers with single and multiple grating resonances.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibres; resonance; supercontinuum generation; Bragg grating; enhanced supercontinuum generation; fiber Bragg resonances; grating resonances; nonlinear fiber; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Resonance; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192995
