Observation of the stepwise blue shift of a dispersive wave preceding its trapping by a soliton

The trapping of a weak dispersive wave by an intense soliton is a complex process occurring at the early stage of supercontinuum generation. It is theoretically predicted to arise from multiple soliton-dispersive wave interactions, producing a stepwise frequency blue shift of the dispersive wave. We...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 23; no. 13; pp. 16595 - 16601
Main Authors Bendahmane, A, Mussot, A, Conforti, M, Kudlinski, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing 29.06.2015
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Nonlinear Sciences
Optics
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Physics
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Summary:The trapping of a weak dispersive wave by an intense soliton is a complex process occurring at the early stage of supercontinuum generation. It is theoretically predicted to arise from multiple soliton-dispersive wave interactions, producing a stepwise frequency blue shift of the dispersive wave. We report here the first experimental evidence of this frequency blue shift using a tapered fiber which acts as a prism, allowing to disperse the blue spectral components in order to identify unambiguously each soliton-dispersive wave collision.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.23.016595