Shaping light in nonlinear optical fibers / edited by Sonia Boscolo, Christophe Finot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boscolo, Sonia, 1971- editor.

Finot, Christophe, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonlinear optics--Materials.

Nonlinear optics.

Optical fibers.

Nonlinear waves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2017.

Summary:

This book is a contemporary overview of selected topics in fiber optics. It focuses on the latest research results on light wave manipulation using nonlinear optical fibers, with the aim of capturing some of the most innovative developments on this topic. The book's scope covers both fundamentals and applications from both theoretical and experimental perspectives, with topics including linear and nonlinear effects, pulse propagation phenomena and pulse shaping, solitons and rogue waves, novel optical fibers, supercontinuum generation, polarization management, optical signal processing, fiber lasers, optical wave turbulence, light propagation in disordered fiber media, and slow and fast light. With contributions from leading-edge scientists in the field of nonlinear photonics and fiber optics, they offer an overview of the latest advances in their own research area. The listing of recent research papers at the end of each chapter is useful for researchers using the book as a reference. As the book addresses fundamental and practical photonics problems, it will also be of interest to, and benefit, broader academic communities, including areas such as nonlinear science, applied mathematics and physics, and optical engineering. It offers the reader a wide and critical overview of the state-of-the-art within this practical - as well as fundamentally important and interesting - area of modern science, providing a useful reference which will encourage further research and advances in the field.

Contents:

Intro

Shaping Light in Nonlinear Optical Fibers

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Structure of the Book

1 Modulation Instability, Four-Wave Mixing and their Applications

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Modulation Instability

1.2.1 Linear and Nonlinear Theory of MI

1.2.2 Polarization MI (PMI) in Birefringent Fibers

1.2.3 Collective MI of Four-Wave-Mixing

1.2.4 Induced MI Dynamics, Rogue Waves, and Optimal Parametric Amplification

1.2.5 High-Order Induced MI

1.2.6 MI Recurrence Break-Up and Noise

1.3 Four-Wave Mixing Dynamics

1.3.1 FWM Processes with Two Pumps

1.3.2 Bragg Scattering FWM

1.3.3 Applications of BS-FWM to Quantum Frequency Conversion

1.4 Fiber Cavity MI and FWM

1.4.1 Dynamics of MI in a Passive Fiber Cavity

1.4.2 Parametric Resonances and Period Doubling Phenomena

1.4.3 FWM in a Fiber Cavity for Optical Buffer Applications

References

2 Phase-Sensitive Amplification and Regeneration

2.1 Introduction to Phase-Sensitive Amplifiers

2.2 Operation Principles and Realization of Phase-Sensitive Parametric Devices

2.3 One-Mode Parametric Processes

2.4 Two-Mode Parametric Processes

2.5 Four-Mode Parametric Processes

2.6 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

3 Novel Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Nonlinear Pulse Propagation in Guided Kerr Media

3.3 Ionization Effects in Gas-Filled HC-PCFs

3.3.1 Short Pulse Evolution

3.3.2 Long-Pulse Evolution

3.4 Raman Effects in Gas-Filled HC-PCFs

3.4.1 Density Matrix Theory

3.4.2 Strong Probe Evolution

3.5 Interplay Between Ionization and Raman Effects in Gas-Filled HC-PCFs

3.6 Conclusion

4 Modulation Instability in Periodically Modulated Fibers

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Basic Theory of Modulation Instability in Periodically Modulated Waveguides

4.2.1 Piecewise Constant Dispersion

4.3 Fabrication of Periodically Modulated Photonic Crystal Fibers

4.3.1 Fabrication Principles

4.3.2 Typical Example

4.4 Experimental Results

4.4.1 Experimental Setup

4.4.2 First Observation of Multiple Simultaneous MI Side Bands in Periodically Modulated Fibers

4.4.3 Impact of the Curvature of the Dispersion

4.4.4 Other Modulation Formats

4.5 Conclusion

5 Pulse Generation and Shaping Using Fiber Nonlinearities

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Picosecond Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers

5.3 Pulse Compression and Ultrahigh-Repetition-Rate Pulse Train Generation

5.3.1 Pulse Compression

5.3.2 High-Repetition-Rate Sources

5.4 Generation of Specialized Temporal Waveforms

5.4.1 Pulse Evolution in the Normal Regime of Dispersion

5.4.2 Generation of Parabolic Pulses

5.4.3 Generation of Triangular and Rectangular Pulses

5.5 Spectral Shaping

5.5.1 Spectral Compression

5.5.2 Generation of Frequency-Tunable Pulses

5.5.3 Supercontinuum Generation

5.6 Conclusion

6 Nonlinear-Dispersive Similaritons of Passive Fibers: Applications in Ultrafast Optics

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Spectron and Dispersive Fourier Transformation

6.3 Nonlinear-Dispersive Similariton

6.3.1 Spectronic Nature of NL-D Similariton: Analytical Consideration

6.3.2 Physical Pattern of Generation of NL-D Similariton, Its Character and Peculiarities on the Basis of Numerical Studies

6.3.3 Experimental Study of NL-D Similariton by Spectral Interferometry (and also Chirp Measurements by Spectrometer and Autocorrelator)

6.3.4 Bandwidth and Duration of NL-D Similariton

6.3.5 Wideband NL-D Similariton

6.4 Time Lens and NL-D Similariton.

6.4.1 Concept of Time Lens: Pulse Compression-Temporal Focusing, and Spectral Compression-"Temporal Beam" Collimation/Spectral Focusing

6.4.2 Femtosecond Pulse Compression

6.4.3 Classic and "All-Fiber" Spectral Compression

6.4.4 Spectral Self-Compression: Spectral Analogue of Soliton-Effect Compression

6.4.5 Aberration-Free Spectral Compression with a Similariton-Induced Time Lens

6.4.6 Frequency Tuning Along with Spectral Compression in Similariton-Induced Time Lens

6.5 Similariton for Femtosecond Pulse Imaging and Characterization

6.5.1 Fourier Conversion and Spectrotemporal Imaging in SPMXPM-Induced Time Lens

6.5.2 Aberration-Free Fourier Conversion and Spectrotemporal Imagingin Similariton-Induced Time Lens: Femtosecond Optical Oscilloscope

6.5.3 Similariton-Based Self-Referencing Spectral Interferometry

6.5.4 Simple Similaritonic Technique for Measurement of Femtosecond Pulse Duration, an Alternative to the Autocorrelator

6.5.5 Reverse Problem of NL-D Similariton Generation

6.5.6 Pulse Train Shaped by Similaritons' Superposition

6.6 Conclusion

7 Applications of Nonlinear Optical Fibers and Solitons in Biophotonics and Microscopy

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Soliton Generation

7.2.1 Fundamental Solitons

7.2.2 A Sidenote on Dispersive Wave Generation

7.2.3 Spatial Properties of PCF Output

7.3 TPEF Microscopy

7.4 SHG Microscopy

7.5 Coherent Raman Scattering

7.6 MCARS Microscopy

7.7 ps-CARS Microscopy

7.8 SRS Microscopy

7.9 Pump-Probe Microscopy

7.10 Increasing the Soliton Energy

7.10.1 SC-PBG Fibers

7.10.2 Multiple Soliton Generation

7.11 Conclusion

8 Self-Organization of Polarization State in Optical Fibers

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Principle of Operation

8.3 Experimental Setup

8.4 Theoretical Description.

8.5 Bistability Regime and Related Applications

8.6 Alignment Regime

8.7 Chaotic Regime and All-Optical Scrambling for WDM Applications

8.8 Future Perspectives: Towards an All-Optical Modal Control in Fibers

8.9 Conclusion

9 All-Optical Pulse Shaping in the Sub-Picosecond Regime Based on Fiber Grating Devices

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Non-Fiber-Grating-Based Optical Pulse Shaping Techniques

9.3 Motivation of Fiber-Grating Based Optical Pulse Shaping

9.3.1 Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs)

9.3.2 Long Period Gratings (LPGs)

9.4 Recent Work on Fiber Gratings-Based Optical Pulse Shapers: Reaching the Sub-Picosecond Regime

9.4.1 Recent Findings on FBGs

9.4.2 Recent Findings on LPGs

9.5 Advances towards Reconfigurable Schemes

9.6 Conclusion

10 Rogue Breather Structures in Nonlinear Systems with an Emphasis on Optical Fibers as Testbeds

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Optical Rogue Waves as Nonlinear Schrödinger Breathers

10.2.1 First-Order Breathers

10.2.2 Second-Order Breathers

10.3 Linear-Nonlinear Wave Shaping as Rogue Wave Generator

10.3.1 Experimental Configurations

10.3.2 Impact of Initial Conditions

10.3.3 Higher-Order Modulation Instability

10.3.4 Impact of Linear Fiber Losses

10.3.5 Noise and Turbulence

10.4 Experimental Demonstrations

10.4.1 Peregrine Breather

10.4.2 Periodic First-Order Breathers

10.4.3 Higher-Order Breathers

10.5 Conclusion

11 Wave-Breaking and Dispersive Shock Wave Phenomena in Optical Fibers

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Gradient Catastrophe and Classical Shock Waves

11.2.1 Regularization Mechanisms

11.3 Shock Formation in Optical Fibers

11.3.1 Mechanisms of Wave-Breaking in the Normal GVD Regime

11.3.2 Shock in Multiple Four-Wave Mixing.

11.3.3 The Focusing Singularity

11.3.4 Control of DSW and Hopf Dynamics

11.4 Competing Wave-Breaking Mechanisms

11.5 Resonant Radiation Emitted by Dispersive Shocks

11.5.1 Phase Matching Condition

11.5.2 Step-Like Pulses

11.5.3 Bright Pulses

11.5.4 Periodic Input

11.6 Shock Waves in Passive Cavities

11.7 Conclusion

12 Optical Wave Turbulence in Fibers

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Wave Turbulence Kinetic Equation

12.2.1 Supercontinuum Generation

12.2.2 Breakdown of Thermalization

12.2.3 Turbulence in Optical Cavities

12.3 Weak Langmuir Turbulence Formalism

12.3.1 NLS Model

12.3.2 Short-Range Interaction: Spectral Incoherent Solitons

12.3.3 Long-Range Interaction: Incoherent Dispersive Shock Waves

12.4 Vlasov Formalism

12.4.1 Incoherent Modulational Instability

12.4.2 Incoherent Solitons in Normal Dispersion

12.5 Conclusion

13 Nonlocal Disordered Media and Experiments in Disordered Fibers

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Nonlinear Behavior of Light in Transversely Disordered Fiber

13.3 Experiments on the Localization Length in Disordered Fibers

13.4 Shock Waves in Disordered Systems

13.5 Experiments on Shock Waves in Disordered Media

13.5.1 Experimental Setup

13.5.2 Samples

13.5.3 Measurements

13.6 Conclusion

14 Wide Variability of Generation Regimes in Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Variability of Generation Regimes

14.3 Phenomenological Model of Double-Scale Pulses

14.4 Conclusion

15 Ultralong Raman Fiber Lasers and Their Applications

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Raman Amplification

15.3 Ultralong Raman Fiber Lasers Basics

15.3.1 Theory of Ultralong Raman Lasers

15.3.2 Amplification Using URFLs.

15.4 Applications of Ultralong Raman Fiber Lasers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119088158

1119088151

9781119088141

1119088143

9781119088134

1119088135

OCLC:

975487257