The dynamics of a developing CW supercontinuum: analytical predictions and experiments

J.M. Dudley (1) , G. Genty (2) , F. Dias (3) , B. Kibler (4) , N. Akhmediev (5)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 TUT - Tampere University of Technology [Tampere]
3 ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan
4 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
5 Optical Sciences Group

We show that the development of the supercontinuum spectrum in the quasi-CW regime can be interpreted analytically in terms of Akhmediev Breathers. Theory and experiment are in excellent agreement.

Keywords: Pulse propagation; Photonic crystal fibers; Supercontinuum generation; Temporal solitons

Domains: Optics / Photonic; Optics [physics.optics]

J.M. Dudley, G. Genty, F. Dias, B. Kibler, N. Akhmediev. The dynamics of a developing CW supercontinuum: analytical predictions and experiments. Conference on Optital Fiber Communication (OFC)/Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers (NFOEC), Jun 2010, San Fransisco, United States. ⟨10.1364/OFC.2010.OTuJ7⟩. ⟨hal-00589620⟩