Title :
Continuous-wave supercontinuum generation from an erbium-doped fiber ring laser incorporating a highly nonlinear optical fiber
Author :
Lee, Ju Han ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ.
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a simple and novel erbium-doped fiber based continuous-wave supercontinuum laser. High quality of depolarized supercontinuum output with a bandwidth larger than 200 nm is achieved with a ring cavity incorporating a 2-km highly nonlinear fiber
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; ring lasers; supercontinuum generation; 2 km; continuous-wave laser; depolarized supercontinuum; erbium-doped fiber laser; nonlinear optical fiber; ring cavity; ring laser; supercontinuum generation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Ring lasers; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215980
