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Modulation instability, Akhmediev Breathers and continuous wave supercontinuum generation

Nail AkhmedievJohn M. DudleyFrédéric DiasGoëry GentyBertrand Kibler

subject

Physics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]BreatherPhysics::OpticsFOS: Physical sciencesNanosecond01 natural sciencesInstabilityAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsComputational physicsSupercontinuum010309 opticsModulation0103 physical sciencesContinuous wave010306 general physicsPhysics - OpticsPhotonic-crystal fiberDoppler broadeningOptics (physics.optics)

description

Numerical simulations of the onset phase of continuous wave supercontinuum generation from modulation instability show that the structure of the field as it develops can be interpreted in terms of the properties of Akhmediev Breathers. Numerical and analytical results are compared with experimental measurements of spectral broadening in photonic crystal fiber using nanosecond pulses

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0910.1930