Abstract
We demonstrate supercontinuum generation in a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with two closely lying zero dispersion wavelengths. The special dispersion of the fiber has a profound influence on the supercontinuum which is generated through self-phase modulation and phasematched four-wave mixing and not soliton fission as in the initial photonic crystal fibers. The supercontinuum has high spectral density and is extremely independent of the input pulse over a wide range of input pulse parameters. Simulations show that the supercontinuum can be compressed to ultrashort pulses.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1045-1054 |
| ISSN | 1094-4087 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |