Pulse breaking and supercontinuum generation with 200-fs pump pulses in photonic crystal fibers
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 19 (11) , 2567-2572
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.19.002567
Abstract
We have carried out a detailed experimental study of the behavior of 200-fs pulses in highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber to elucidate the mechanisms for supercontinuum generation. To avoid unwanted polarization effects, our experiments were performed using polarization-maintaining fiber. The experimental evidence shows that, as in conventional fibers, Raman scattering leads to the breakup of higher-order solitons, which is accompanied by the generation of radiation at shorter wavelengths than the pump, leading eventually to an ultrabroad supercontinuum.Keywords
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