Supercontinuum generation in a fiber grating

We show that supercontinuum generation in a fiber containing a Bragg grating exhibits > 10 × enhancement near the Bragg resonance wavelength. We also show that the grating dispersion exceeds the waveguide dispersion over a bandwidth far in excess of its photonic band gap. The observed enhancement...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2004-11, Vol.85 (20), p.4600-4602
Main Authors: Westbrook, P. S., Nicholson, J. W., Feder, K. S., Li, Y., Brown, T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We show that supercontinuum generation in a fiber containing a Bragg grating exhibits > 10 × enhancement near the Bragg resonance wavelength. We also show that the grating dispersion exceeds the waveguide dispersion over a bandwidth far in excess of its photonic band gap. The observed enhancement is consistent with nonlinear Schrödinger equation simulations of the supercontinuum formation that combine grating and waveguide dispersion.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.1818740