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Numerical simulations are used to study how fiber supercontinuum generation seeded by picosecond pulses can be actively controlled through the use of input pulse modulation. By carrying out multiple simulations in the presence of noise, we show how tailored supercontinuum spectra with increased bandwidth and improved stability can be generated using an input envelope modulation of appropriate frequency and depth. The results are discussed in terms of the nonlinear propagation dynamics and pump depletion.
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Genty, G., Dudley, J.M. & Eggleton, B.J. Modulation control and spectral shaping of optical fiber supercontinuum generation in the picosecond regime. Appl. Phys. B 94, 187–194 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3274-1
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