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Noise amplification during supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber

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Nathan R. Newbury, Brian Washburn, Kristan L. Corwin, R Windeler

Abstract

Supercontinua generated by femtosecond pulses launched in microstructure fiber can exhibit significant low-frequency (<1-MHz) amplitude noise on the output pulse train. We show that this low-frequency noise is an amplified version of the amplitude noise that is already present on the input laser pulse train. Through both experimental measurements and numerical simulations, we quantify the noise amplification factor and its dependence on the supercontinuum wavelength and on the energy and duration of the input pulse. Interestingly, the dependence differs significantly from that of the broadband white-noise component, which arises from amplification of the input laser shot noise.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
28
Issue
11
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

microstructure fiber, nonlinear fiber optics, supercontinuum
Optical physics and communications

Citation

Newbury, N. , Washburn, B. , Corwin, K. and Windeler, R. (2003), Noise amplification during supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30912 (Accessed November 7, 2025)

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Created May 31, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021
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