Beneficial impact of wave-breaking for coherent continuum formation in normally dispersive nonlinear fibers

Christophe Finot (1) , Bertrand Kibler (1) , Lionel Provost (2) , S. Wabnitz (3)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 Optoelectronics Research Centre
3 LPUB - Laboratoire de Physique de l'Université de Bourgogne

We study the evolution of a pulse propagating in a normally dispersive fiber in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity. We review the temporal and spectral impact of optical wave-breaking in the development of a continuum. The impact of linear losses or gain is also investigated.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Christophe Finot, Bertrand Kibler, Lionel Provost, S. Wabnitz. Beneficial impact of wave-breaking for coherent continuum formation in normally dispersive nonlinear fibers. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2008, 25 (11), pp.1938-1948. ⟨10.1364/JOSAB.25.001938⟩. ⟨hal-00408594⟩