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Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 233902 (2010) [4 pages]

Seeded Supercontinuum Generation with Optical Parametric Down-Conversion

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D. R. Solli1,2, B. Jalali1, and C. Ropers2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
2Courant Research Center Nano-Spectroscopy and X-Ray Imaging, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Received 18 August 2010; published 29 November 2010

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The transition between modulation instability gain and induced soliton fission in nonlinear fiber is experimentally investigated by coherent seeding with the two-color output of an optical parametric oscillator. This approach produces supercontinuum spectra displaying persistent, fine modulation from seeding-induced noise reduction. Numerical simulations support the findings.

© 2010 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.233902
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.233902
PACS:
42.65.Re, 42.65.Sf, 42.81.Dp
 
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