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Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber

John M. Dudley*, Goëry Genty†, and Stéphane Coen‡

John M. Dudley*

  • Département d’Optique P. M. Duffieux, Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS UMR 6174, Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France

Goëry Genty†

  • Helsinki University of Technology, Micronova, P.O. Box 3500, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland

Stéphane Coen‡

  • Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

  • *Electronic address: john.dudley@univ-fcomte.fr
  • †Electronic address: goery.genty@tkk.fi
  • ‡Electronic address: s.coen@auckland.ac.nz
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Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135 – Published 4 October, 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.78.1135

Abstract

A topical review of numerical and experimental studies of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber is presented over the full range of experimentally reported parameters, from the femtosecond to the continuous-wave regime. Results from numerical simulations are used to discuss the temporal and spectral characteristics of the supercontinuum, and to interpret the physics of the underlying spectral broadening processes. Particular attention is given to the case of supercontinuum generation seeded by femtosecond pulses in the anomalous group velocity dispersion regime of photonic crystal fiber, where the processes of soliton fission, stimulated Raman scattering, and dispersive wave generation are reviewed in detail. The corresponding intensity and phase stability properties of the supercontinuum spectra generated under different conditions are also discussed.

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