title: Rogue-wave-like characteristics in femtosecond supercontinuum generation.
abstract: We experimentally study the characteristics of optical rogue waves in supercontinuum generation in the femtosecond regime. Specifically, the intensity histograms obtained from spectrally filtering the supercontinuum exhibit the L-shaped characteristics typical of extreme-value phenomena on both the long-wavelength and short-wavelength edges of the spectrum owing to cross-phase modulation and soliton-dispersive wave coupling. Furthermore, the form of the histogram on the long-wavelength edge varies from L-shaped to quasi-Gaussian as wavelengths closer to the pump are included in the filtered measurements. Our observations are in agreement with numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Tampere University of Technology, Optics Laboratory, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erkintalo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Genty
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dudley