Title :
Residual pump peak removal for ultra-flattened supercontinuum generation by photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Xiong, Chunle ; Leon-Sava, S.G. ; Couny, F. ; Wadsworth, W.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath
Abstract :
We demonstrate residual pump peak removal in supercontinuum generation using a fiber Bragg grating followed by nonlinear flattening in photonic crystal fibers. We measure the pump power in a supercontinuum before removal to be <10%.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; fiber Bragg grating; nonlinear flattening; photonic crystal fibers; residual pump peak removal; ultra-flattened supercontinuum generation; Bragg gratings; Crystalline materials; Fiber gratings; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; 060 4370 Nonlinear optics, fibers; 060.2380 Fiber optics sources and detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628415
