DocumentCode
2161455
Title
Flat, broadband supercontinuum generation at low pulse energies in a dispersion-tailored lead-silicate fibre
Author
Ponzo, Giorgio M. ; Feng, Xian ; Horak, Peter ; Poletti, Francesco ; Petrovich, Marco N. ; Loh, Wei H. ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We report flat, broadband supercontinuum generation at low pump pulse energies (69pJ 740fs pulses at 1540nm) in a lead-silicate fibre providing a unique combination of high nonlinearity (820W-1km-1) and a flat near-zero dispersion profile.
Keywords
glass fibres; lead compounds; optical fibre dispersion; optical glass; supercontinuum generation; dispersion-tailored lead-silicate fibre; energy 69 pJ; flat broadband supercontinuum generation; flat near-zero dispersion profile; low pulse energy; time 740 fs; wavelength 1540 nm; Coherence; Glass; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Supercontinuum generation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Geneva
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1918-9
Type
conf
Filename
6066057
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