Fundamental Noise Limitations to Supercontinuum Generation in Microstructure Fiber

Published

March 21, 2003

Author(s)

Kristan L. Corwin, Nathan R. Newbury, J M. Dudley, S. Coen, Scott Diddams, K Weber, R Windeler

Abstract

Broadband noise on supercontinuum spectra generated in microstructure fiber is shown to lead to amplitude fluctuations as large as 50% for certain input laser pulse parameters. We study this noise using both experimental measurements and numerical simulations with a generalized stochastic nonlinear Schrodinger equation, finding good quantitative agreement over a range of input pulse energies and chirp values. This noise is shown to arise from nonlinear amplification of two quantum noise inputs: the input pulse shot noise and the spontaneous Raman scattering down the fiber.

Citation

Physical Review Letters

Volume

90

Issue

11

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

fiber optics, nonlinear optics, quantum noise, supercontinuum generation

Citation

Corwin, K. , Newbury, N. , Dudley, J. , Coen, S. , Diddams, S. , Weber, K. and Windeler, R. (2003), Fundamental Noise Limitations to Supercontinuum Generation in Microstructure Fiber, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30871 (Accessed April 27, 2024)