Flatly broadened supercontinuum spectrum generated in a dispersion decreasing fibre with convex dispersion profile

被引:125
作者
Mori, K [1 ]
Takara, H [1 ]
Kawanishi, S [1 ]
Saruwatari, M [1 ]
Morioka, T [1 ]
机构
[1] NTT, Opt Network Syst Labs, Kanagawa 239, Japan
关键词
optical fibre dispersion; nonlinear optics; optical communication;
D O I
10.1049/el:19971184
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Dispersion design in a singlemode fibre is investigated experimentally and numerically for generating a supercontinuum with a flatly broadened spectrum. It is found to be important both that group velocity dispersion is a convex function with two zero-dispersion wavelengths and also that it decreases with fibre length. A calculated spectrum explains well that obtained experimentally. The mechanism of the spectral evolution of supercontinuum is examined.
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页码:1806 / 1808
页数:3
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