Harmonic extended supercontinuum generation and carrier envelope phase dependent spectral broadening in silica nanowires

Opt Express. 2008 Jul 21;16(15):10886-93. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.010886.

Abstract

Numerical simulations are used to study the interaction dynamics between pump spectral broadening and third harmonic generation during supercontinuum generation in a highly nonlinear fused silica nanowire using sub-100 fs pump pulses. In particular, we show that the superposition of the generated third harmonic with the spectrally-broadened pump pulse exhibits significant dependence on the input pump carrier envelope phase, and we examine this dependence as a function of pulse duration and propagation distance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Light
  • Materials Testing
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide