Direct detection of optical rogue wave energy statistics in supercontinuum generation

C. Lafargue (1) , J. Bolger (2) , G. Genty (3) , F. Dias (1) , J.M. Dudley (4) , B. Eggleton (2)

1 ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan
2 CUDOS ARC Centre of Excellence, School of Physics
3 TUT - Tampere University of Technology [Tampere]
4 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

Characterisation of optical rogue wave fluctuations in supercontinuum generation is reported using a gigahertz-bandwidth detection setup to directly measure the pulse energy statistics. The rogue wave energy statistics are shown to follow a strongly non-Gaussian L-shaped value probability distribution, and experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

C. Lafargue, J. Bolger, G. Genty, F. Dias, J.M. Dudley, et al.. Direct detection of optical rogue wave energy statistics in supercontinuum generation. Electronics Letters, 2009, 45 (4), pp.217-219. ⟨10.1049/el:20093582⟩. ⟨hal-00376291⟩