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S. Coen

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Thermodynamic approach of supercontinuum generation

2009

International audience; This paper is aimed at providing an overview on recent theoretical and experimental works in which a thermodynamic description of the incoherent regime of supercontinuum generation has been formulated. On the basis of the wave turbulence theory, we show that this highly nonlinear and quasi-continuous-wave regime of supercontinuum generation is characterized by two different phenomena. (i) A process of optical wave thermalization ruled by the four-wave mixing effects: The spectral broadening inherent to supercontinuum generation is shown to result from the natural tendency of the optical field to reach its thermodynamic equilibrium state, i. e., the state of maximum n…

Difficult problem[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]SPATIALLY INCOHERENT-LIGHTThermodynamic equilibriumWave turbulenceSOLITONWAVE TURBULENCEPhysics::OpticsNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsOptical field01 natural sciencesCONDENSATION010309 opticsEntropy (classical thermodynamics)symbols.namesakeMODULATION-INSTABILITYQuantum mechanics0103 physical sciencesPHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERStatistical physicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering010306 general physicsNonlinear Schrödinger equationOPTICAL-FIBERSNonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and SolitonsInstrumentationComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSPhysics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Fiber nonlinear opticsDISPERSION WAVELENGTHSTHERMALIZATIONAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSupercontinuumNonlinear systemControl and Systems EngineeringsymbolsSolitonRaman scatteringPATTERN-FORMATION
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Thermodynamic approach of statistical nonlinear optics

2009

The coherence properties of random nonlinear optical fields can be described in detail by thermodynamic arguments based on the wave turbulence theory. We shall review recent progress on this kinetic approach of statistical nonlinear optics.

PhysicsComputer simulationTurbulenceWave propagationNonlinear opticsPhysical optics01 natural sciences010309 opticsNonlinear optical0103 physical sciencesStatistical physics010306 general physicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSCoherence (physics)Photonic-crystal fiber
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Thermodynamic description of supercontinuum generation

2009

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