• DocumentCode
    2106374
  • Title

    Polarized Supercontinuum Generation in a Birefringent Photonic Crystal Fiber pumped by a 1064nm Microchip Laser

  • Author

    Xiong, C. ; Wadsworth, W.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Bath, Bath
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    816
  • Lastpage
    817
  • Abstract
    We generate a flat polarized supercontinuum spanning 450 nm-1750 nm in a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber pumped by a 1064 nm microchip laser. There is no measurable power coupling penalty due to the elliptical core.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; supercontinuum generation; birefringent photonic crystal fiber; elliptical core; microchip laser; polarized supercontinuum generation; wavelength 450 nm to 1750 nm; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382658
  • Filename
    4382658