Title :
Novel supercontinuum sources
Author_Institution :
Fiber-Optics Group, Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
Microstructured fibers have brought about new possibilities for creating novel coherent light sources. We discuss generation of supercontinuum radiation in these fibers when the optical nonlinearity in the medium is pumped with short mode-locked and Q-switched laser pulses. Characteristics of the different approaches as well as choice of the optical parameters of the fiber are treated.
Keywords :
Q-switching; crystal microstructure; lasers; light sources; optical fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; Q-switched laser pulse; light source; microstructured fiber; optical nonlinearity; short mode-lock; supercontinuum radiation; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Light sources; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505742
