title: Cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating analysis of broadband continuum generation in photonic crystal fiber: simulations and experiments.
abstract: Numerical simulations are used to study the temporal and spectral characteristics of broadband supercontinua generated in photonic crystal fiber. In particular, the simulations are used to follow the evolution with propagation distance of the temporal intensity, the spectrum, and the cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating (XFROG) trace. The simulations allow several important physical processes responsible for supercontinuum generation to be identified and, moreover, illustrate how the XFROG trace provides an intuitive means of interpreting correlated temporal and spectral features of the supercontinuum. Good qualitative agreement with preliminary XFROG measurements is observed.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudley
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimmel
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zeek
authors.forename: Patrick
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authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trebino
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Windeler