Supercontinuum generation in polarization maintaining photonic crystal fibers using nanosecond pulses

Author

Yu, Yi ; Zhang, Ying ; Zhang, Bin ; Wang, Zefeng

Author_Institution

Coll. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China

fYear

2011

fDate

13-16 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

We generate a flat, polarized and single mode Supercontinuum (SC) spanning at least from 600 nm to 1700 nm in a 20 m length of highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) pumped by a 1064 nm nanosecond microchip laser. The spectrum and polarization properties of the SC are investigated experimentally. The experimental results and the analysis provide useful information that helps to optimize and tune the properties of the polarized SC sources.

Keywords

birefringence; holey fibres; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; PCF; flat polarized single mode supercontinuum generation; highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers; nanosecond microchip laser pulses; polarization maintaining photonic crystal fibers; polarization properties; polarized SC sources; size 20 nm; spectrum properties; wavelength 600 nm to 1700 nm; Optical fiber polarization; group velocity dispersion; highly birefringent PCFs; photonic crystal fibers; polarization maintaining PCFs; polarization properties; polarized Supercontinuum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, 2011. ACP. Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

2162-108X

Print_ISBN

978-0-8194-8961-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1117/12.917949

Filename

6210582