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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 233902 (2008) [4 pages]

Active Control of Rogue Waves for Stimulated Supercontinuum Generation

D. R. Solli,1 C. Ropers,1,2 and B. Jalali1
1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
2Courant Research Center Nano-Spectroscopy and X-Ray Imaging, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Received 5 August 2008; published 5 December 2008

We demonstrate that rogue waves provide a powerful tool to actively control a nonlinear system with minimal effort. Specifically, optical rogue waves—rare, bright flashes of broadband light arising in subthreshold supercontinuum generation—are initiated by an exceedingly weak stimulus. Using this effect, we produce an optically switchable, ultrastable, and bright supercontinuum with greatly enhanced coherence.

©2008 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.233902
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.233902
PACS: 42.65.Sf; 42.65.Re; 42.81.Dp
  • 42.65.Sf
    Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems
  • 42.65.Re
    Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
  • 42.81.Dp
    Optical propagation, scattering, and losses in fibers; solitons
  • YEAR: 2008

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