title: Coherent-mode representation of supercontinuum.
abstract: We apply the coherent-mode expansion to correlation functions used to describe the coherence properties of supercontinuum generated in nonlinear ﬁbers. We show that the leading term of the expansion represents the quasi-coherent part of the ﬁeld while the quasi-stationary part is embedded into the higher-order modes. The evolution of the modal expansion and the number of modes needed to describe the supercontinuum ﬁeld are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Tampere University of Technology, Optics Laboratory, Tampere, Finland. miro.erkintalo@tut.fi
authors.forename: Miro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erkintalo
authors.forename: Minna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Surakka
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turunen
authors.forename: Ari T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Friberg
authors.forename: Goëry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Genty