2–10 µm mid‐infrared fiber‐based supercontinuum laser source: experiment and simulation

S Venck, F St‐Hilaire, L Brilland… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mid‐infrared supercontinuum (mid‐IR SC) sources in the 2–20 µm molecular fingerprint
region are in high demand for a wide range of applications including optical coherence …

Photon-conserving generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation for frequency-dependent nonlinearities

J Bonetti, N Linale, AD Sánchez, SM Hernandez… - JOSA B, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Pulse propagation in nonlinear waveguides is most frequently modeled by resorting to the
generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (GNLSE). In recent times, exciting new …

Measuring self-steepening with the photon-conserving nonlinear Schrödinger equation

N Linale, PI Fierens, J Bonetti, AD Sánchez… - Optics letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We propose an original, simple, and direct method to measure self-steepening (SS) in
nonlinear waveguides. Our proposal is based on results derived from the recently …

Modulation instability in waveguides with an arbitrary frequency-dependent nonlinear coefficient

N Linale, J Bonetti, AD Sánchez, S Hernandez… - Optics letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we present, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the modulation
instability (MI) gain spectrum of waveguides with an arbitrary frequency-dependent …

Asymmetric modulation instability in nonlinear metamaterial waveguides

M Asma, AKS Ali - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we explore the formation of asymmetric modulation instability spectrum in the
metamaterials as a result of the joined effect of self-steepening and intra-pulse Raman …

A direct method for the simultaneous estimation of self-steepening and the fractional Raman contribution in fiber optics

N Linale, J Bonetti, PI Fierens… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an original, simple, and direct method for the simultaneous estimation of the self-
steepening parameter and the fractional Raman contribution in fiber optics. Our proposal is …

Simple method for estimating the fractional Raman contribution

AD Sánchez, N Linale, J Bonetti, SM Hernández… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel and simple method for estimating the fractional Raman contribution,
f_R, based on an analysis of a full model of modulation instability (MI) in waveguides. An …

Revisiting soliton dynamics in fiber optics under strict photon-number conservation

N Linale, PI Fierens, DF Grosz - IEEE Journal of Quantum …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We revisit the complex interplay between the Raman-induced frequency shift (RIFS) and the
effect of self-steepening (SS) in the propagation of solitons, and in the framework of an …

Narrowband and ultra-wideband modulation instability in nonlinear metamaterial waveguides

N Linale, PI Fierens, SM Hernandez, J Bonetti… - JOSA B, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Waveguides based on metamaterials may exhibit strongly frequency-dependent
nonlinearities. In this work, we focus on the phenomenon of modulation instability in this type …

2-10 µm mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in cascaded optical fibers: experiment and modelling

S Venck, F St-Hilaire, L Brilland… - … and Devices XIX, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Supercontinuum (SC) generation towards the mid-infrared (MIR) range is an active field of
research and development motivated by a wide range of applications including optical …