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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452754
