Title :
Supercontinuum generation in a sapphire fiber and comparison with a compact PCF based light source
Author :
Nakaema, Walter M. ; Hao, Zuo-Qiang ; Rohwetter, Philipp ; Landulfo, Eduardo ; Wöste, Lüdger ; Stelmaszczyk, Kamil
Abstract :
A single crystal sapphire fiber pumped with ultrashort laser pulses was used to generate supercontinuum light. Its emission was next compared with this of the PCF based source in terms of the applicability to Multiwavelength-CRD-Spectrography.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical pumping; photonic crystals; sapphire; supercontinuum generation; Al2O3; compact PCF based light source; multiwavelength-CRD-spectrography; single crystal sapphire fiber; supercontinuum generation; supercontinuum light; ultrashort laser pulses; Fiber lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
