Low-threshold all-fiber 1000 nm supercontinuum source based on highly non-linear fiber
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Date publication
août 2008
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MAILLOTTE Hervé
Tous les auteurs :
Boucon A, Fotiadi A, Megret P, Maillotte H, Sylvestre T
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Résumé
We present an highly efficient all-fiber compact supercontinuum source that exhibits a nearly flat spectrum from 1.1 mu m to 2.1 mu m. This broadband infrared optical source is made-up of a highly non-linear fiber pumped by a 1.55 mu m self-Q-switched Er-Brillouin nanosecond pulsed fiber laser, which in turn is pumped by a low-power 1480 nm laser diode. In this work we highlight the great potential of highly non-linear fiber for supercontinuum generation with respect to conventional dispersion-shifted fiber by demonstrating a significant 10 dB power enhancement in the short wavelength side of the supercontinuum. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Référence
Opt Commun. 2008 Aug;281(15-16):4095-8