• DocumentCode
    500288
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225675