Spectrally controlled supercontinuum generation

Author

Omenetto, F.G. ; Wolchover, N.A. ; Wehner, M.R. ; Ross, M.R. ; Efimov, A. ; Taylor, A.J. ; Kumar, V.R.K. ; George, A.K. ; Knight, J.C. ; Joly, N. ; Russell, P. St J

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present new developments in the generation of photonic crystal fiber-based white-light SC of unprecedented breadth (> 2500 nm) and smoothness. The spectral coverage (350 nm - 3000 nm) and quality of this radiation is promising for a variety of applications.

Keywords

photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; photonic crystal fiber; spectral control; supercontinuum generation; unprecedented breadth; white light; Biomedical optical imaging; Crystalline materials; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photonics; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics; (060.2280) Fiber design and Fabrication; (060.7140); (160.2290) Fiber material; (190.4370) Nonlinear Optics, Fibers; (320.5550) Pulses; (320.7100) Photonic crystals; (320.7140), Ultrafast processes in fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628097

Filename

4628097