Title :
Multi-watt supercontinuum generation from 0.3 to 2.4 μm in PCF tapers
Author :
Travers, J.C. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Kudlinski, A. ; George, A.K. ; Knight, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Imperial College London, London
Abstract :
Supercontinua spanning 320 -2400 nm have been generated in long photonic-crystal- fiber tapers. Total average powers of over 3.5 W and spectral-power-densities in the blue of over 5 mW/nm are demonstrated. Use as a broadly-tunable pulse source is proposed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; multi-watt supercontinuum generation; photonic crystal fiber tapers; pulse source; spectral power densities; wavelength 320 nm to 2400 nm; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
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.2007.4453559
