Title :
Tellurite microstructured fibers for broadband supercontinuum generation
Author :
Ohishi, Yasutake
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Photon Technol., Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
Microstructured fibers for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation are developed using tellurite glasses. We demonstrate low threshold single-mode supercontinuum generation by using a nanowire with long suspended struts under the pump of a picosecond fiber laser.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; nanowires; optical glass; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; Te-Bi-Zn-Na; broadband supercontinuum generation; mid-infrared supercontinuum generation; nanowire; optical pump; picosecond fiber laser; single-mode supercontinuum generation; suspended struts; tellurite glasses; tellurite microstructured fibers; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; high nonlineairity; microstructured fibers; supercontinuum; tellurite fibers; transient Raman response;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000053
