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Nathalie Vermeulen

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Unified description of dispersive wave emission in normal and anomalous dispersion regimes

2016

We present a novel theoretical framework where dispersive wave emission in normal and anomalous dispersion is interpreted based on four-wave mixing processes. It is a powerful tool for designing supercontinuum sources along analytical guidelines.

PhysicsQuantum mechanicsPhysical opticsMixing (physics)SupercontinuumComputational physicsPhotonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP)
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Measurement of the soliton number in guiding media through continuum generation.

2020

No general approach is available yet to measure directly the ratio between chromatic dispersion and the nonlinear coefficient, and hence the soliton number for a given optical pulse, in an arbitrary guiding medium. Here we solve this problem using continuum generation. We experimentally demonstrate our method in polarization-maintaining and single-mode fibers with positive and negative chromatic dispersion. Our technique also offers new opportunities to determine the chromatic dispersion of guiding media over a broad spectral range while pumping at a fixed wavelength. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America

optical fiberOptical fiberPhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticschromatic dispersionOptics:FÍSICA [UNESCO]law0103 physical sciencesDispersion (optics)supercontinuum generationPhysicsCONTINUOUS-WAVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE-MODULATION METHOD; OPTICAL-FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; DISPERSION; COEFFICIENT; INTERFEROMETER; NONLINEARITY; COMPRESSIONsoliton propagationContinuum (measurement)business.industrynonlinear opticsUNESCO::FÍSICANonlinear coefficient021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsNonlinear systemWavelengthInterferometry0210 nano-technologybusinessRefractive indexOptics letters
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Towards an analytical framework for tailoring supercontinuum generation.

2016

A fully analytical toolbox for supercontinuum generation relying on scenarios without pulse splitting is presented. Furthermore, starting from the new insights provided by this formalism about the physical nature of direct and cascaded dispersive wave emission, a unified description of this radiation in both normal and anomalous dispersion regimes is derived. Previously unidentified physics of broadband spectra reported in earlier works is successfully explained on this basis. Finally, a foundry-compatible few-millimeters-long silicon waveguide allowing octave-spanning supercontinuum generation pumped at telecom wavelengths in the normal dispersion regime is designed, hence showcasing the p…

SiliconOptical fiberPhysics::OpticsWAVELENGTH01 natural sciencesGUIDESlaw.invention010309 opticsOpticslaw0103 physical sciencesBroadbandDispersion (optics)solitonsPHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERDISPERSIVE WAVE EMISSION010306 general physicsSelf-phase modulationOPTICAL-FIBERSCherenkov radiationPhysicsbusiness.industryNONLINEAR PULSE-PROPAGATIONCherenkov radiationÒpticaAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsSupercontinuumWavelengthbusinessBREAKINGPhotonic-crystal fiberOptics express
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General measurement technique of the ratio between chromatic dispersion and the nonlinear coefficient

2021

Measuring the nonlinear coefficient γ of any guiding medium, regardless of the sign and magnitude of its group-velocity dispersion parameter β 2 , is challenging because of the lack of general solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE). Indeed, existing approaches typically need to disregard chromatic-dispersion effects to determine γ [1] . Here we propose an all-encompassing approach to measure the ratio β 2 /γ and prove our method in polarization-maintaining (PM) and single-mode (SM) fibers with positive and negative β 2 .

Physicssymbols.namesakeMathematical analysisDispersion (optics)symbolsNonlinear coefficientMeasure (mathematics)Nonlinear Schrödinger equationSign (mathematics)2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)
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Nonlinear coefficient measurement in highly dispersive fibers

2018

We present a novel approach for measuring nonlinear coefficients in fibers with significant pulse broadening. We perform a proof-of-concept demonstration for 200-m-long polarization-maintaining and single-mode fibers pumped at 1060 nm with ps pulses.

Nonlinear systemOptical fiberOpticsMaterials sciencelawbusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsPulse broadeningNonlinear coefficientbusinesslaw.invention
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