DocumentCode :
87448
Title :
High Power Supercontinuum Generation in Fluoride Fibers Pumped by 2 
Pulses
Author :
Swiderski, J. ; Michalska, Maria ; Kieleck, Christelle ; Eichhorn, Marc ; Maze, G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Optoelectron., Mil. Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
Volume :
26
Issue :
2
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Jan.15, 2014
Firstpage :
150
Lastpage :
153
Abstract :
High power supercontinuum generation in fluoride step-index optical fibers pumped with 2- μm pulses delivered by a gain-switched thulium-doped fiber laser and amplifier system is reported. An output average power of 1.25 W in the ~ 1.8-4.15 μm spectral band and 1.82 W in the ~ 1.8-3.65 μm band was achieved for two fluorozirconate fibers of different parameters. The first demonstration of Watt-level supercontinuum generation in a fluoroindate fiber is also demonstrated. The achieved output SC powers are the highest ones ever reported for fluoride fibers pumped with 2- μm gain-switched optical pulses.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fluorine; fluorine compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; refractive index; supercontinuum generation; thulium; F-; InF3; Tm3+; Watt-level supercontinuum generation; fluoride step-index optical fiber pumping; fluoroindate fiber; fluorozirconate fibers; gain-switched thulium-doped fiber amplifier system; gain-switched thulium-doped fiber laser system; high power supercontinuum generation; power 1.25 W; power 1.82 W; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Supercontinuum generation; doped fiber amplifiers; fiber lasers; fiber nonlinear optics;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2290376
Filename :
6658843
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