Visible Supercontinuum Generation in Holey Fibers by Dual-Wavelength Subnanosecond Pumping

Author

Tombelaine, Vincent ; Leproux, Philippe ; Couderc, Vincent ; Barthelemy, A.

Author_Institution

XLIM Res. Inst., Univ. of Limoges

Volume

18

Issue

23

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2466

Lastpage

2468

Abstract

We report on the experimental investigation of supercontinuum generation by propagating subnanosecond pulses at both 1064 and 532 nm in a nonlinear microstructured optical fiber. We accurately study the influence of several parameters such as input power, polarization state, and fiber length. We clearly show the nonsymmetrical role of the two pump waves on the spectrum build-up and the strong impact of group velocity

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; 1064 nm; 532 nm; dual-wavelength pumping; group velocity; holey fibers; microstructured optical fiber; nonlinear optical fiber; polarization state; propagating pulses; pump waves; spectrum build-up; subnanosecond pulses; subnanosecond pumping; visible supercontinuum generation; Holey fibers; Mirrors; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Silicon compounds; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics; Nonlinear propagation; optical frequency conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.886859

Filename

4014263