Title :
Broadband supercontinuum generation with excellent spectral stability from a highly-nonlinear fibre using an amplified noiselike-pulse train
Author :
Khan, Md Saad ; Uehara, Noboru ; Takushima, Yuichi
Author_Institution :
R&D Dept., Santec, Komaki, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate high-power, broadband supercontinuum (SC) generation by using noiselike pulses amplified by a conventional EDFA. The flat SC spectrum with excellent spectral stability of +/-0.03 dB is achieved from 1050 nm to 1600 nm.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; 1050 to 1600 nm; EDFA; amplified noiselike-pulse train; broadband supercontinuum generation; highly-nonlinear fibre; spectral stability; supercontinuum spectrum;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
