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Towards a Thermodynamic Description of Supercontinuum Generation
Benoît BarviauAntonio PicozziStéphane CoenBertrand Kiblersubject
Optical pumpingPhysicsEntropy (classical thermodynamics)ThermalisationQuantum mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicsPhysics::OpticsNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsNonlinear opticsOptical fieldKinetic energySupercontinuumdescription
Based on the kinetic wave theory, we describe continuous-wave supercontinuum generation as a thermalization process, i.e., an irreversible evolution of the optical field towards a state of maximum nonequilibrium entropy.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 |