Title :
Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride waveguide pumped by a femtosecond fiber laser at 1.9 μm
Author :
Salem, Reza ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Mengjie Yu ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Luke, Kevin ; Fendel, Peter ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report supercontinuum generation from 1250-2600 nm using a 2-cm-long silicon nitride waveguide pumped with an all-fiber femtosecond laser source at 1920 nm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; Si3N4; all-fiber femtosecond laser source; octave-spanning supercontinuum generation; silicon nitride waveguide; size 2 cm; wavelength 1250 nm to 2600 nm; Coherence; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Silicon nitride;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
