Supercontinuum generation with bright and dark solitons in optical fibers

2016/10/05 by Carles Milián, Milián, Carles, T. Marest +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Network Technologies #Optics (physics.optics)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1610.01579

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Abstract

We study numerically and experimentally supercontinuum generation in optical fibers with dark and bright solitons simultaneously contributing into the spectral broadening and dispersive wave generation. We report a novel type of weak trapped radiation arising due to interaction of bright solitons with the dark soliton background. This radiation expresses itself as two pulses with the continuously shifting spectra constituting the short and long wavelength limits of the continuum. Our theoretical and experimental results are in good agreement.

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