title: Seeded supercontinuum generation with optical parametric down-conversion.
abstract: The transition between modulation instability gain and induced soliton fission in nonlinear fiber is experimentally investigated by coherent seeding with the two-color output of an optical parametric oscillator. This approach produces supercontinuum spectra displaying persistent, fine modulation from seeding-induced noise reduction. Numerical simulations support the findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Solli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ropers