Towards an analytical framework for tailoring supercontinuum generation
- 9 November 2016
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 24 (23), 26629-26645
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.24.026629
Abstract
A fully analytical toolbox for supercontinuum generation relying on scenarios without pulse splitting is presented. Furthermore, starting from the new insights provided by this formalism about the physical nature of direct and cascaded dispersive wave emission, a unified description of this radiation in both normal and anomalous dispersion regimes is derived. Previously unidentified physics of broadband spectra reported in earlier works is successfully explained on this basis. Finally, a foundry-compatible few-millimeters-long silicon waveguide allowing octave-spanning supercontinuum generation pumped at telecom wavelengths in the normal dispersion regime is designed, hence showcasing the potential of this new analytical approach.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Research Council (ERC) (ERC-FP7/2007-2013 grant 336940)
- Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid (BELSPO) (BELSPO-IAP)
- Flemish Government (Methusalem)
- Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO II/2014/072)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) (TEC 2013-46643-C2-1-R)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) (VUB-OZR)
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