Efficient near-infrared supercontinuum generation in tellurite holey fiber pumped 320nm within the normal dispersion regime

Author

Shi, Jindan ; Feng, Xian ; Chen, Kangkang ; Teh, Peh Siong ; Horak, Peter ; Lin, Dejiao ; Alam, Shaif-ul ; Loh, Wei H. ; Richardson, David J. ; Ibsen, Morten

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

8-12 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

494

Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of a 1.1-1.7μm supercontinuum in a 1.3m long air-suspended- core tellurite holey-fiber with a nominal zero-dispersion wavelength of ~1.38μm. The fiber is pumped at 1.06μm with a 20ps pulsed fiber laser. The high Raman gain-coefficient of tellurite glass is attributed a key role in the supercontinuum generation.

Keywords

fibre lasers; holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical glass; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; supercontinuum generation; tellurium compounds; Raman gain-coefficient; TeO₂-ZnO-Na₂O; near-infrared supercontinuum generation; optical pumping; pulsed fiber laser; size 1.3 m; suspended-core tellurite holey-fiber; tellurite glass; time 20 ps; wavelength 1.06 mum; wavelength 1.1 mum to 1.7 mum; wavelength 320 nm; zero-dispersion wavelength; Fiber lasers; Glass; Hafnium; Optical fiber dispersion; Power generation; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7111-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACP.2010.5682594

Filename

5682594