Simple guidelines to predict self-phase modulation patterns

Christophe Finot; Frederic Chaussard; Sonia Boscolo

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.35.003143

Simple guidelines to predict self-phase modulation patterns

Christophe Finot, Frederic Chaussard, Sonia Boscolo

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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We present a simple approach to predict the main features of optical spectra affected by self-phase modulation (SPM), which is based on regarding the spectral modification as an interference effect. A two-wave interference model is found sufficient to describe the SPM-broadened spectra of initially transform-limited or up-chirped pulses, whereas a third wave should be included in the model for initially down-chirped pulses. Simple analytical formulas are derived, which accurately predict the positions of the outermost peaks of the spectra.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3143-3152
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Volume	35
Issue number	12
Early online date	31 Oct 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.003143
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2018

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