Supercontinuum Generation in Optical Fibers

A one-of-a-kind book describing theory, operational regimes and applications within the field of fiber based supercontinuum for researchers and graduates.

J. M. Dudley (Edited by), J. R. Taylor (Edited by)

9780521514804, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 April 2010

418 pages, 184 b/w illus.
25.4 x 17.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.98 kg

The optical fiber based supercontinuum source has recently become a significant scientific and commercial success, with applications ranging from frequency comb production to advanced medical imaging. This one-of-a-kind book explains the theory of fiber supercontinuum broadening, describes the diverse operational regimes and indicates principal areas of applications, making it a very important guide for researchers and graduate students. With contributions from major figures and groups who have pioneered research in this field, the book describes the historical development of the subject, provides a background to the associated nonlinear optical processes, treats the generation mechanisms from continuous wave to femtosecond pulse pump regimes and highlights the diverse applications. A full discussion of numerical methods and comprehensive computer code are also provided, enabling readers to confidently predict and model supercontinuum generation characteristics under realistic conditions.

1. Introduction and history J. R. Taylor
2. Supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber - an historical note J. K. Ranka
3. Nonlinear fiber optics overview J. C. Travers, M. H. Frosz and J. M. Dudley
4. Fiber supercontinuum generation overview J. M. Dudley
5. Silica fibers for supercontinuum generation J. C. Knight and W. Wadsworth
6. Supercontinuum generation and nonlinearity in soft glass fibers J. H. V. Price and D. J. Richardson
7. Increasing the blue-shift of a picosecond pumped supercontinuum M. H. Frosz, P. M. Moselund, P. D. Rasmussen, C. L. Thomsen and O. Bang
8. Continuous wave supercontinuum generation J. C. Travers
9. Theory of supercontinuum and interactions of solitons with dispersive waves D. V. Skryabin and A. V. Gorbach
10. Interaction of four-wave mixing and stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers S. Coen, S. G. Murdoch and F. Vanholsbeeck
11. Nonlinear optics in emerging waveguides: revised fundamentals and implications S. V. Afshar, M. Turner and T. M. Monro
12. Supercontinuum generation in dispersion varying fibers G. Genty
13. Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide glass waveguides Dong-Il Yeom, M. R. E. Lamont, B. Luther Davies and B. J. Eggleton
14. Supercontinuum generation for carrier-envelope phase stabilization of mode-locked lasers S. T. Cundiff
15. Biophotonics applications of supercontinuum generation C. Dunsby and P. M. W. French
16. Fiber sources of tailored supercontinuum in nonlinear microspectroscopy and imaging A. M. Zheltikov
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Subject Areas: Fibre optics [TTBF], Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Nanotechnology [TBN], Optical physics [PHJ]