• DocumentCode
    2988614
  • Title

    Extended bandwidth cw-pumped infrared supercontinuum generation in low water-loss PCF

  • Author

    Travers, J.C. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Sabert, H. ; Mangan, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Imperial Coll., London, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    2325
  • Abstract
    Extension of continuous-wave-pumped supercontinuum generation beyond 1380 nm is demonstrated in a PCF with 6-fold reduced water-peak absorption around this wavelength. Extended bandwidth sources with Yb-fiber CW pumps can be employed for advanced, sub-micron resolution OCT.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre losses; optical pumping; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; PCF; cw-pumped infrared supercontinuum generation; extended bandwidth; water-peak absorption; Absorption; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202459
  • Filename
    1573525