On Generation of Spectral Supercontinuum in Uniaxial Nonlinear Crystals

The specifics of spectral supercontinuum generation in nonlinear medium with uniaxial anisotropy is examined. The principal mechanisms of spectral broadening of linearly polarized pulse are demonstrated under condition of different field orientation in relation to the optical axis. The possibility of semidiscrete spectrum generation is predicted on the extraordinary wave polarization.