Title :
Flat supercontinuum in suspended and immobilized short SF6 PCF taper
Author :
Domachuk, P. ; Wolchover, N.A. ; Omenetto, F.G. ; George, A.K. ; Nandi, P. ; Knight, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate low threshold, octave spanning spectrally flat, supercontinuum generation in a short length of tapered SF6 glass photonic crystal fiber. The short fiber is held stably and robustly with a polydimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) matrix.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical polymers; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; SF6 PCF taper; flat supercontinuum generation; photonic crystal fiber; polydimethyl-siloxane matrix; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Microstructure; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Sulfur hexafluoride; Supercontinuum generation; Wire; 060.4370; 320.6629;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
