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. INDICE: List of Contributors .Preface .Chapter 1 Modulation instability, four–wave mixing and their applications Tobias Hansson, Alessandro Tonello, Stefano Trillo, and Stefano Wabnitz .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 .Chapter 2 Phase sensitive amplification and regeneration Francesca Parmigiani .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 .Chapter 3 Novel nonlinear optical phenomena in gas–filled hollow–core photonic crystal fibers Mohammed F. Saleh and Fabio Biancalana .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 Weak probe evolution .3.4.2 Strong probe evolution .3.5 Interplay between Ionization and Raman effects in gas–filled HC–PCFs .3.6 Conclusions and final remarks .Chapter 4 Modulation instability in periodically modulated fibers Arnaud Mussot, Matteo Conforti, and Alexandre Kudlinski .4.1 Introduction and context .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 examples .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 .4.4.4.1 Amplitude modulation .4.4.4.2 Dirac delta spikes .4.4.5 DOFs and fiber optic parametric amplification .4.5 Conclusion .Chapter 5 Pulse generation and shaping using fiber nonlinearities Christophe Finot and Sonia Boscolo .5.1 Introduction and motivation .5.2 Picosecond pulse propagation in optical fibers .5.3 Pulse compression and ultrahigh–repetition–rate pulse train generation .5.3.1 Pulse compression .5.3.1.1 The fundamental soliton and its adiabatic evolution .5.3.1.2 Using higher–order solitons .5.3.1.3 By a combination of normally dispersive fiber and dispersive element .5.3.2 High–repetition–rate sources .5.3.2.1 The process of modulation instability and multiple four–wave mixing .5.3.2.2 Processes based on external gain or phase modulation .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 .5.5.1.1 By self–phase modulation .5.5.1.2 Using soliton processes .5.5.2 Generation of frequency–tunable pulses .5.5.3 Supercontinuum generation .5.5.3.1 Supercontinuum stability and extreme events in the anomalous dispersion regime .5.5.3.2 Highly coherent continua in normally dispersive fibers .5.6 Conclusion .Chapter 6 Nonlinear dispersive similaritons of passive fibers : applications in ultrafast optics Levon Mouradian and Alain Barthélémy .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 discussion on the process of its generation in passive fiber. .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 compressioné .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: a technique of dispersion measurement and complete characterization of broadband similariton .6.5 Similariton for femtosecond pulse imaging and characterization .6.5.1 Fourier conversion and spectro–temporal imaging in SPM / XPM induced time lens .6.5.2 Aberration free Fourier conversion and spectro–temporal imaging in 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 autocorrelator .6.5.5 Reverse problem of NL–D similariton generation .6.5.6 Pulse train shaped by similaritons superposition .6.6 Conclusion .Chapter 7 Applications of nonlinear optical fibers and solitons in biophotonics and microscopy Esben R. Andresen and Hervé Rigneault .7.1 Introduction .7.2 Soliton generation .7.2.1 Fundamental solitons .7.2.2 Asidenote 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 .Chapter 8 Self–organization of polarization state in optical fibers Julien Fatome and Massimiliano Guasoni .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 Conclusions .Chapter 9 All–optical pulse shaping in the sub–picosecond regime based on fiber grating devices Maria R. Fernández–Ruiz, Alejandro Carballar, Reza Ashrafi, Sophie LaRochelle, and José Azaña .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) .9.3.1.1 Fiber Bragg gratings operating in reflection .9.3.1.2 Fiber Bragg gratings operating in transmission .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 .9.4.1.1 Minimum phase functionalities .9.4.1.2 Non–minimum phase functionalities (Arbitrary optical pulse processors) .9.4.2 Recent findings on LPGs .9.4.2.1 Triangular and parabolic pulse shapers .9.4.2.2 Tsymbol/s phase coding .9.5 Advances towards reconfigurable schemes .9.6 Conclusions and future perspectives .Chapter 10 Rogue structures in nonlinear systems with an emphasis on optical fibers as testbeds Bertrand Kibler .10.1 Introduction and motivation .10.2 Optical rogue waves as nonlinear Schrödinger breathers .10.2.1 First–order breathers .10.2.1.1 Kuznetsov–Ma breathers .10.2.1.2 Peregrine breather .10.2.1.3 Akhmediev breathers .10.2.1.4 Localisation properties .10.2.1.5 Generalized behavior .10.2.1.6 Spectral description .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 fibre 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 and outlook .Chapter 11 Wavebreaking and dispersive shock waves Stefano Trillo and Matteo Conforti .11.1 Introduction .11.2 Gradient catastrophe and classical shock waves .11.2.1 Regularization mechanisms .11.3 Shock formation in optical bers .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 Conclusions .Chapter 12 Optical wave turbulence in fibers Antonio Picozzi, Josselin Garnier, Gang Xu, and Guy Millot .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 and perspectives .12.6 Acknowledgments .Chapter 13 Nonlocal disordered media and experiments in disordered fibers Silvia Gentilini and Claudio Conti .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 .13.6 Conclusion .Chapter 14 Wide variability of generation regimes in mode–locked fibre lasers Sergey V. Smirnov, Sergey M. Kobtsev, and Sergei K. Turitsyn .14.1 Introduction .14.2 Variability of generation regimes .14.3 Phenomenological model of double–scale pulses .14.4 Conclusion .Chapter 15 Ultralong Raman fiber lasers and their applications Juan Diego Ania–Castañón and Paul Harper .15.1 Introduction .15.2 Raman amplification .15.3 Ultralong Raman fibre lasers basics .15.3.1 Theory of ultralong Raman lasers .15.3.1.1 Concept of URFL and basic theory .15.3.1.2 Mode structure and dephasing mechanisms .15.3.1.3 Kinds of ultralong lasers .15.3.2 Amplification using URFLs .15.3.2.1 URFL optimisation for quasi–lossless transmission .15.3.2.2 ASE noise in URFLs .15.3.2.3 Other sources of noise in URFLs .15.3.2.4 Simultaneous spatio–spectral transparency .15.3.2.5 Long–distance soliton transmission .15.4 Applications of ultralong Raman fiber lasers .15.4.1 Applications in telecommunications .15.4.1.1 Amplification in fibre optic communication systems .15.4.1.2 Secure key exchange using URFLs .15.4.2 Applications in sensing .15.4.3 Supercontinuum generation .15.5 Conclusion .Chapter 16 Brillouin light scattering in specialty optical fibers Jean–Charles Beugnot and Thibaut Sylvestre .16.1 Introduction and motivation .16.1.1 Historical background .16.2 Theory .16.2.1 Elastodynamics equation .16.3 Tapered optical fibers .16.3.1 Principle .16.3.2 Experiment .16.3.3 Numerical simulations .16.4 Photonic crystal fibers .16.5 Conclusion .Index
- ISBN: 978-1-119-08812-7
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
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- Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2017
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