Title :
Octave spanning supercontinuum in an As2S3 taper using ultra-low pump pulse energy: Theory and experiment
Author :
Hudson, Darren D. ; Dekker, Stephen A. ; Magi, Eric C. ; Judge, Alexander C. ; Jackson, Stuart D. ; Li, Enbang ; Sanghera, J.S. ; Shaw, L.B. ; Aggarwal, I.D. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics & Opt. Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
An octave spanning spectrum is generated in an As2S3 taper via 77 pJ pulses from an ultrafast fiber laser. Chirp compensation allows the octave to be generated directly from the un-amplified laser output.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; supercontinuum generation; As2S3; chirp compensation; energy 77 pJ; octave spanning spectrum; octave spanning supercontinuum; ultra-low pump pulse energy; ultrafast fiber laser; Bandwidth; Chirp; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193689