• DocumentCode
    690170
  • Title

    Linking frequency combs to supercontinuum generation: From cascaded four-wave mixing to Cherenkov radiation

  • Author

    Erkintalo, Miro ; Xu, X.Q. ; Murdoch, S.G. ; Dudley, John M. ; Genty, Goery

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe supercontinuum generation using traditional nonlinear optics formalism. We show theoretically, numerically, and experimentally that phase-matched cascaded four-wave mixing constitutes the physical interpretation of soliton-induced Cherenkov radiation and associated spectral recoil.
  • Keywords
    Cherenkov radiation; multiwave mixing; optical phase matching; optical solitons; supercontinuum generation; frequency combs; nonlinear optics formalism; phase-matched cascaded four-wave mixing; soliton-induced Cherenkov radiation; spectral recoil; supercontinuum generation; Dispersion; Four-wave mixing; Optical frequency conversion; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834563