Governing Physical Effects

Abstract

During the last two decades, significant progress has been accomplished in the development of optical fibers for the generation of ultrabroadband high-brightness spectra through supercontinuum (SC) generation, see e.g., [1]. The nonlinear propagation dynamics of the optical pulse in a fiber is essentially one-dimensional since single-mode propagation over broad wavelength ranges is desired to ensure good guidance properties and high nonlinearity over extended lengths.