• 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