DocumentCode
3007821
Title
All-Fiber-Integrated Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum System with 0.7 Watts Time-Averaged Power
Author
Xia, C. ; Kumar, M. ; Islam, M.N. ; Galvanauskas, A. ; Terry, F.L. ; Freeman, M.J.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
All-fiber-integrated supercontinuum generation is demonstrated from ~0.9-3.6 mum with ~0.7 W time-averaged power by using a telecommunication laser diode, amplified by an erbium/ytterbium co-doped cladding-pumped fiber amplifier, and coupled into 35 m ZBLAN fluoride fiber.
Keywords
barium compounds; erbium; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor lasers; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; zirconium compounds; EDFA; JkJk:Er; ZBLAN fluoride fiber; ZBLAN:Er,Yb; all-fiber-integrated mid-infrared supercontinuum system; erbium-ytterbium co-doped cladding-pumped fiber amplifier; power 0.7 W; size 35 m; telecommunication laser diode; time-averaged power; Band pass filters; Diode lasers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Ytterbium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452754
Filename
4452754
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