Competing four-wave mixing processes in dispersion oscillating telecom fiber

被引：32

作者：

Finot, Christophe ^{[1
]}

Fatome, Julien ^{[1
]}

Sysoliatin, Alexej ^{[2
]}

Kosolapov, A. ^{[2
]}

Wabnitz, Stefan ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Lab Interdisciplinaire Carnot Bourgogne, UMR 6303, F-21078 Dijon, France

[2] Fiber Opt Res Ctr, Moscow 119333, Russia

[3] Univ Brescia, Dipartimento Ingn Informaz, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 38卷 / 24期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

MODULATION-INSTABILITY; OPTICAL-FIBERS;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.38.005361

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We experimentally study the dynamics of the generation of multiple sidebands by means of a quasi-phase-matched four-wave mixing (FWM) process occurring in a dispersion-oscillating, highly nonlinear optical fiber. The fiber under test is pumped by a ns microchip laser operating in the normal average group-velocity dispersion regime and in the telecom C band. We reveal that the growth of higher-order sidebands is strongly influenced by the competition with cascade FWM between the pump and the first-order quasi-phase matched sidebands. The properties of these competing FWM processes are substantially affected when a partially coherent pump source is used, leading to a drastic reduction of the average power needed for sideband generation. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

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页码：5361 / 5364

页数：4