Titre :

Experimental signature of optical wave thermalization through supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber

Auteur(s) :

Barviau, Benoît [Auteur]
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne [ICB]
Kibler, Bertrand [Auteur correspondant]
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne [ICB]
Kudlinski, Alexandre [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Mussot, Arnaud [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Millot, Guy [Auteur]
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne [ICB]
Picozzi, Antonio [Auteur]
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne [ICB]

Titre de la revue :

Optics Express

Pagination :

7392-7406

Éditeur :

Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing

Date de publication :

2009-04-21

ISSN :

1094-4087

Discipline(s) HAL :

Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Optique [physics.optics]

Résumé en anglais : [en]

We report an experimental, numerical and theoretical study of the incoherent regime of supercontinuum generation in a two zero dispersion wavelengths fiber. By using a simple experimental setup, we show that the phenomenon ...
Lire la suite >We report an experimental, numerical and theoretical study of the incoherent regime of supercontinuum generation in a two zero dispersion wavelengths fiber. By using a simple experimental setup, we show that the phenomenon of spectral broadening inherent to supercontinuum generation can be described as a thermalization process, which is characterized by an irreversible evolution of the optical field towards a thermal equilibrium state. In particular, the thermodynamic equilibrium spectrum predicted by the kinetic wave theory is characterized by a double peak structure, which has been found in quantitative agreement with the numerical simulations without adjustable parameters. We also confirm that stimulated Raman scattering leads to the generation of an incoherent structure in the normal dispersion regime which is reminiscent of a spectral incoherent soliton.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM) - UMR 8523

Source :

Harvested from HAL