We have found that the actual sign of the quasi-phase matching (QPM) chirp rate ${\kappa }^{\prime }(z)$ involved in the reported experiments and simulations was opposite to the one considered in the Letter. Correct Eq. (1) must thus read:

 

Fig. 1. Corrected version of Fig. 3 from [1] with the proper definition Eq. (1) of the QPM chirp rate ${\kappa }^{\prime }(z)$ in the upper diagrams.

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Conversely to what is stated in [1], the wavelengths that are quasi-phase matched in the input end of the crystal are thus actually favored in strong signal regime. This behavior could be attributed to the depletion of the pump pulse occurring from the input of the crystal, which reduces the gain at the other wavelengths amplified along the remaining of the QPM grating. For numerical modeling of these effects, one has to consider the whole signal spectrum. Hence, the single-pass gain spectra, calculated varying the central wavelength of narrowband signal pulses (5 ps duration with a Fourier transform limited linewidth of 0.64 nm) and shown in Fig. 4 of [1], did not contain the overall physical picture. The short discussion in the second column of p. 282 (second paragraph) of [1], based on the analysis of these single-pass gain spectra to explain the influence of the QPM chirp sign, must thus be reconsidered accordingly.

Except these minor points, all the remaining of the paper remains valid using the proper definition Eq. (1) of QPM chirp rate ${\kappa }^{\prime }(z)$.