Intensity and polarization dependences of the supercontinuum generation in birefringent and highly nonlinear microstructured fibers | Zendy

Antoine Proulx | Zendy; JeanMichel Ménard | Zendy; Nicolas Hô | Zendy; Jacques M. Laniel | Zendy; Réal Vallée | Zendy; Claude Paré | Zendy

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Intensity and polarization dependences of the supercontinuum generation in birefringent and highly nonlinear microstructured fibers

Author(s) -

Antoine Proulx,

JeanMichel Ménard,

Nicolas Hô,

Jacques M. Laniel,

Réal Vallée,

Claude Paré

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.11.003338

Subject(s) - supercontinuum , optics , femtosecond , doppler broadening , birefringence , self phase modulation , materials science , polarization (electrochemistry) , photonic crystal fiber , sapphire , nonlinear optics , broadband , optical fiber , physics , optoelectronics , laser , spectral line , chemistry , astronomy

We present experimental results highlighting the physica mechanism responsible for the initial spectral broadening of femtosecond Ti:Sapphire pulses in a highly birefringent microstructured fiber having a small effective area. By rotating the input polarization and varying the injected power while monitoring the resulting changes in the output spectrum, we are bringing clear evidences that the initial broadening mechanism leading to a broadband supercontinuum is indeed the fission of higher-order solitons into redshifted fundamental solitons along with blueshifted nonsolitonic radiation.

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