Polarization properties of supercontinuum spectra generated in birefringent photonic crystal fibers

被引：92
作者：
Zhu, ZM [1 ]
Brown, TG
机构：
[1] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Laser Energet Lab, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2004年 / 21卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1364/JOSAB.21.000249
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present a numerical study of the polarization properties of the broadband supercontinuum (SC) generated in birefringent photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The simulations are based on generalized coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations with quantum noise taken into account. The simulations illustrate the complicated polarization behavior in the SC spectra and show that the pulse-to-pulse polarization state of SC spectra fluctuates because of vector modulation instability. We investigate the polarization stability and uniformity of SC spectra under several simulation conditions and discuss generation of the SC in birefringent PCFs for applications with various polarization requirements. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.
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页码：249 / 257
页数：9
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