Tailoring modulation instabilities and four-wave mixing in dispersion-managed composite liquid-core fibers

Junaid S, Schaarschmidt K, Chemnitz M, Chambonneau M, Nolte S, Schmidt MA (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 28

Pages Range: 3097-3106

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1364/OE.382639

Abstract

We show that the ultrafast nonlinear dynamics in supercontinuum generation can be tailored via mixture-based liquid core fibers. Samples containing mixtures of inorganic solvents allow changing dispersion from anomalous to normal, i.e., shifting zero dispersion across pump laser wavelength. A significant control over modulation instability and four-wave mixing has been demonstrated experimentally in record-long (up to 60 cm) samples in agreement with simulations when using sub-psec pulses at 1.555 µm. The smallest concentration ratio yields indications of soliton-fission based supercontinuum generation at soliton numbers that are beyond the coherence limit. The presented dispersion tuning scheme allows creating unprecedented dispersion landscapes for accessing unexplored nonlinear phenomena and selected laser sources.

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. DE Germany (DE) The Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications (Energy Materials Telecommunications) Research Centre CA Canada (CA) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Junaid, S., Schaarschmidt, K., Chemnitz, M., Chambonneau, M., Nolte, S., & Schmidt, M.A. (2020). Tailoring modulation instabilities and four-wave mixing in dispersion-managed composite liquid-core fibers. Optics Express, 28(3), 3097-3106. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.382639

MLA:

Junaid, Saher, et al. "Tailoring modulation instabilities and four-wave mixing in dispersion-managed composite liquid-core fibers." Optics Express 28.3 (2020): 3097-3106.

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