Abstract
We provide an overview of our recent work on the shaping and stability of optical continua in the long pulse regime. Fibers with normal group-velocity dispersion at all-wavelengths are shown to allow for highly coherent continua that can be nonlinearly shaped using appropriate initial conditions. In contrast, supercontinua generated in the anomalous dispersion regime are shown to exhibit large fluctuations in the temporal and spectral domains that can be controlled using a carefully chosen seed. A particular example of this is the first experimental observation of the Peregrine soliton which constitutes a prototype of optical rogue-waves.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 248-256 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Optical Fiber Technology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 10 Aug 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2012 |
Keywords
- extreme statistics
- fiber optics
- optical solitons
- pulse shaping
- supercontinuum