Title :
Super-continuum generation to 3 μm in fused silica fiber with nanosecond diode pumping
Author :
Xia, C.A. ; Kumar, M. ; Kulkarni, O.P. ; Islam, M.N. ; Terry, F.L., Jr. ; Nolan, D.A. ; Wood, W.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
Using a two-stage design with ~1 m standard fiber followed by 10 cm of high-nonlinearity, fused silica fiber, super-continuum is generated from ~0.8 to 3.0 mum using amplified 2 ns laser diode pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; SiO2; fused silica fiber; laser diode pulses; nanosecond diode pumping; supercontinuum generation; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; (190.4370) Nonlinear Optics, fibers; (320.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628098
