Title :
Asymmetric draw-tower tapers for supercontinuum generation and verification of the novel concept of group-acceleration matching
Author :
Sørensen, S.T. ; Møller, U. ; Moselund, P.M. ; Jakobsen, C. ; Johansen, J. ; Andersen, T.V. ; Thomsen, C.L. ; Bang, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present the first short asymmetrical draw-tower photonic crystal fiber taper for maximizing the power in the blue edge of a supercontinuum. The results clearly emphasize the importance of the taper shape on the spectrum.
Keywords :
holey fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; asymmetrical draw-tower photonic crystal fiber taper; blue edge; group-acceleration matching; supercontinuum generation; taper shape; Bandwidth; Charge carrier processes; Laser excitation; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonic crystal fibers; Shape; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
