Title :
Spectral incoherent solitons
Author :
Picozzi, A. ; Pitois, S. ; Barviau, B. ; Kibler, B. ; Millot, G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. Carnot de Bourgogne, Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Abstract :
Solitons have been usually considered as inherently coherent localized structures and the discovery of incoherent optical solitons has represented a significant progress. Spectral incoherent solitons have been observed experimentally by exploiting the conventional Raman effect of an optical fiber and using the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of a dye amplifier as the incoherent source. The spontaneous formation of spectral incoherent solitons has also been identified experimentally in the highly nonlinear regime of supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; holey fibres; optical materials; optical solitons; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; superradiance; amplified spontaneous emission; conventional Raman effect; dye amplifier; incoherent optical soliton; photonic crystal fiber; spectral incoherent soliton; supercontinuum generation; Equations; Frequency; Kinetic theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystals; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192280
