Abstract

Super-continuum generation in non-linear optical fibres pumped with ultra-short light pulses (within femtosecond to nanosecond range) is usually accompanied by decay of the pumping pulse into several (or a plurality) of super-continuum pulses with different energies [1–3]. In time domain this corresponds to a super-continuum pulse train where intervals between pulses are of the same order as the pulse duration or longer. When pumped with nanosecond pulses the super-continuum pulses retain their integrity at nanosecond scale, that's why in this case super-continuum pulses can be characterised by such parameters as pulse energy, duration, etc.

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