• DocumentCode
    1210916
  • Title

    Low-cost continuous-wave supercontinuum generation using multimode 975 nm pump lasers

  • Author

    Jiao, Z. ; Zhang, Xiaobing

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. &, Comput. Eng., Comput. Eng. Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    363
  • Lastpage
    364
  • Abstract
    A low-cost continuous-wave supercontinuum source is demonstrated with optical spectral coverage from less than 1200 to more than 2000 nm, using low-cost multimode 975 nm pump lasers. The laser consists mainly of highly nonlinear fibre, Yb/Er doped fibre and 975 nm pump lasers.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; Jk:Er; Jk:Yb; continuous-wave supercontinuum generation; multimode pump lasers; optical spectral coverage; wavelength 975 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.2665
  • Filename
    4807020