Optical continuum generation seeded by stimulated Raman scattering

G. Town , G. Manili , D. Modotto , Costantino de Angelis (1) , S. Wabnitz , U. Minoni , Alessandro Tonello (2) , Vincent Couderc (2) , Philippe Leproux (2)

1 CNISM - Dipartimento Electron & Automat
2 PHOTONIQUE

An optical continuum was generated in microstructured optical fibre using an incoherent pump generated by stimulated Raman scattering in a step index fibre with normal dispersion. Accelerated spectral broadening to longer wavelengths was observed.

G. Town, G. Manili, D. Modotto, Costantino de Angelis, S. Wabnitz, et al.. Optical continuum generation seeded by stimulated Raman scattering. 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), Dec 2010, Melbourne, Australia. pp.1-4. ⟨hal-00630806⟩