Identification of the role of higher-order effects in supercontinuum generation in the microstructured fiber

Wen Han; Shuangchun Wen; Hua Zhu; Hua Yang; Xiquan Fu

doi:10.1117/12.575087

28 January 2005 Identification of the role of higher-order effects in supercontinuum generation in the microstructured fiber

Wen Han, Shuangchun Wen, Hua Zhu, Hua Yang, Xiquan Fu

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Proceedings Volume 5646, Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Applications; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.575087
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Supercontinuum generation is usually the synergy of some fundamental sophisticated nonlinear processes. Although it is well known that self-phase modulation, stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing etc., are the dominant contributors, the comparative importance of these effects is still blurry to some extent. Based on the extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation describing pulse propagation in the microstructured fiber, we have identified the role of higher-order effects in supercontinuum generation. It is shown that in the initial formation of the supercontinuum self-phase modulation plays a main role while all the higher-order effects play a minor role. After a certain propagation distance the spectral width saturates, suggesting that the supercontinuum in microstructured fiber has a maximum spectral width. During the saturation stage, the higher-order effects exert more important influence on supercontinuum, mainly changing its shape. The third-order dispersion leads to spectral asymmetry, while SRS leads to a red shift of the supercontinuum spectrum. Furthermore, based on our theoretical results, we have discussed the way to controlling supercontinuum generation by using the nonlinear processes of microstructured fiber.

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Wen Han, Shuangchun Wen, Hua Zhu, Hua Yang, and Xiquan Fu "Identification of the role of higher-order effects in supercontinuum generation in the microstructured fiber", Proc. SPIE 5646, Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Applications, (28 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.575087

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