Abstract
We present a quantitative comparison of continuouswave-
(CW) and pulsed-pump four-wave mixing (FWM) in commercially available highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs), and suggest properties for which the CW and pulsed FWM bandwidths are limited in practice. The CWand pulsed-pump parametric gain is characterized
experimentally for several HNLFs with various dispersion properties, including zero-dispersion wavelength fluctuations, and the results are interpreted in conjunction with detailed numerical simulations. It is found that a low third order dispersion (TOD) is essential for the pulsed-pump FWM bandwidth. However, an
inverse scaling of the TOD with the dispersion fluctuations, leads to different CW-optimized fibers, which depend only on the even dispersion-orders.
(CW) and pulsed-pump four-wave mixing (FWM) in commercially available highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs), and suggest properties for which the CW and pulsed FWM bandwidths are limited in practice. The CWand pulsed-pump parametric gain is characterized
experimentally for several HNLFs with various dispersion properties, including zero-dispersion wavelength fluctuations, and the results are interpreted in conjunction with detailed numerical simulations. It is found that a low third order dispersion (TOD) is essential for the pulsed-pump FWM bandwidth. However, an
inverse scaling of the TOD with the dispersion fluctuations, leads to different CW-optimized fibers, which depend only on the even dispersion-orders.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| Pages (from-to) | 4887-4890 |
| ISSN | 0146-9592 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |